#A8A462#A8A462

#A8A462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.087 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A462
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 29%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 41.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -8.41, 34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 35.71, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0232 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.087 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6291, 35.7584, 16.7888)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A462 #6266A8

analogous

#A88162 #A8A462 #89A862

triadic

#A8A462 #62A8A4 #A462A8

tetradic

#A8A462 #62A881 #6266A8 #A86289

square

#A8A462 #62A881 #6266A8 #A86289

split-complementary

#A8A462 #6289A8 #8162A8

monochromatic

#5C5A33 #848049 #A8A462 #BEBB89 #D4D2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A8A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A462

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A462	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.087 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be90',
    500: '#a8a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a462;
$custom-light: #c3be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 28.689,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70685,
    "c": 0.08741,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A462

secondary

#A4A5C2

accent

#68C563

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A462

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

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