#A8A550#A8A550

#A8A550 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.108 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A550
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 52.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -10.71, 43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 45.18, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0316 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.108 107)
XYZ	xyz(31.0524, 35.8151, 12.8651)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A550 #5053A8

analogous

#A87950 #A8A550 #7FA850

triadic

#A8A550 #50A8A5 #A550A8

tetradic

#A8A550 #50A879 #5053A8 #A8507F

square

#A8A550 #50A879 #5053A8 #A8507F

split-complementary

#A8A550 #507FA8 #7950A8

monochromatic

#555429 #7F7C3C #A8A550 #BEBC77 #D2D0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#A8A550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A550

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A550	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.108 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf83',
    500: '#a8a550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a550;
$custom-light: #c4bf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.955,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70644,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.35814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A550

secondary

#9596BF

accent

#60CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A550

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

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