#A8A453#A8A453

#A8A453 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.104 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A453
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 50.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -9.92, 42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 43.28, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.029 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.104 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9860, 35.5011, 13.4021)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A453 #5357A8

analogous

#A87A53 #A8A453 #82A853

triadic

#A8A453 #53A8A4 #A453A8

tetradic

#A8A453 #53A87A #5357A8 #A85382

square

#A8A453 #53A87A #5357A8 #A85382

split-complementary

#A8A453 #5382A8 #7A53A8

monochromatic

#56542B #7F7C3F #A8A453 #BEBA7B #D2D0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A8A453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A453

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A453	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.104 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be85',
    500: '#a8a453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a453;
$custom-light: #c4be85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.176,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70464,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A453

secondary

#9899BF

accent

#63CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A453

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

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