#A8A451#A8A451

#A8A451 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.106 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A451
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 51.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -10.10, 43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 44.26, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0297 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.106 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9099, 35.4707, 13.0013)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A451 #5155A8

analogous

#A87951 #A8A451 #81A851

triadic

#A8A451 #51A8A4 #A451A8

tetradic

#A8A451 #51A879 #5155A8 #A85181

square

#A8A451 #51A879 #5155A8 #A85181

split-complementary

#A8A451 #5181A8 #7951A8

monochromatic

#555329 #7F7C3D #A8A451 #BEBB78 #D2D0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A8A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A451

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A451	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.106 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be84',
    500: '#a8a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a451;
$custom-light: #c4be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.241,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70437,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A451

secondary

#9698BF

accent

#62CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A451

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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