#A8A458#A8A458

#A8A458 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.099 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A458
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 88)
HSL	hsl(57, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 47.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -9.44, 39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 40.80, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0271 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.099 106)
XYZ	xyz(31.1861, 35.5812, 14.4557)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A458 #585CA8

analogous

#A87C58 #A8A458 #84A858

triadic

#A8A458 #58A8A4 #A458A8

tetradic

#A8A458 #58A87C #585CA8 #A85884

square

#A8A458 #58A87C #585CA8 #A85884

split-complementary

#A8A458 #5884A8 #7C58A8

monochromatic

#58562E #807D43 #A8A458 #BDBA80 #D2D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#A8A458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A458

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A458	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.099 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be89',
    500: '#a8a458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a458;
$custom-light: #c3be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 31.496,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70533,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.3558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A458

secondary

#9C9EC0

accent

#65C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A458

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

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