#A8A459#A8A459

#A8A459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.097 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A459
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 47%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -9.35, 39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 40.30, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0267 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.097 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2278, 35.5978, 14.6753)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A459 #595DA8

analogous

#A87C59 #A8A459 #84A859

triadic

#A8A459 #59A8A4 #A459A8

tetradic

#A8A459 #59A87C #595DA8 #A85984

square

#A8A459 #59A87C #595DA8 #A85984

split-complementary

#A8A459 #5984A8 #7C59A8

monochromatic

#58562E #807D43 #A8A459 #BDBA81 #D2D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#A8A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A459

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A459	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)

#AF9F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.097 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be89',
    500: '#a8a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a459;
$custom-light: #c3be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.962,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70547,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A459

secondary

#9D9FC0

accent

#66C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A459

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

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