#A8A554#A8A554

#A8A554 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.104 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A554
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 84)
HSL	hsl(58, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 50%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -10.35, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 43.23, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0301 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.104 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2046, 35.8760, 13.6668)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A554 #5457A8

analogous

#A87B54 #A8A554 #81A854

triadic

#A8A554 #54A8A5 #A554A8

tetradic

#A8A554 #54A87B #5457A8 #A85481

square

#A8A554 #54A87B #5457A8 #A85481

split-complementary

#A8A554 #5481A8 #7B54A8

monochromatic

#56552B #7F7D40 #A8A554 #BDBB7C #D2D0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A8A554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A554

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A554	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)

#B1A04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.104 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf86',
    500: '#a8a554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a554;
$custom-light: #c4bf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70697,
    "c": 0.10386,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A554

secondary

#999ABF

accent

#62C95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A554

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

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