#A8A455#A8A455

#A8A455 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.102 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A455
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 49.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -9.73, 41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 42.29, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0283 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.102 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0644, 35.5325, 13.8146)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A455 #5559A8

analogous

#A87A55 #A8A455 #83A855

triadic

#A8A455 #55A8A4 #A455A8

tetradic

#A8A455 #55A87A #5559A8 #A85583

square

#A8A455 #55A87A #5559A8 #A85583

split-complementary

#A8A455 #5583A8 #7A55A8

monochromatic

#57552C #7F7C40 #A8A455 #BDBA7D #D2D0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#A8A455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A455

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A455	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.102 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be87',
    500: '#a8a455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a455;
$custom-light: #c4be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.108,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70491,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A455

secondary

#999BBF

accent

#64C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A455

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

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