#A8A552#A8A552

#A8A552 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.106 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A552
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 51.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -10.53, 42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 44.21, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0309 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.106 107)
XYZ	xyz(31.1274, 35.8451, 13.2601)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A552 #5255A8

analogous

#A87A52 #A8A552 #80A852

triadic

#A8A552 #52A8A5 #A552A8

tetradic

#A8A552 #52A87A #5255A8 #A85280

square

#A8A552 #52A87A #5255A8 #A85280

split-complementary

#A8A552 #5280A8 #7A52A8

monochromatic

#56542A #7F7D3E #A8A552 #BEBB79 #D2D0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A8A552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A552

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A552	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.106 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf85',
    500: '#a8a552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a552;
$custom-light: #c4bf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.907,
    "s": 34.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7067,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.35844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A552

secondary

#9798BF

accent

#61CA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A552

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

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