#A8A555#A8A555

#A8A555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.103 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A555
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 49.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -10.26, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 42.74, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0298 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.103 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2440, 35.8918, 13.8745)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A555 #5558A8

analogous

#A87B55 #A8A555 #82A855

triadic

#A8A555 #55A8A5 #A555A8

tetradic

#A8A555 #55A87B #5558A8 #A85582

square

#A8A555 #55A87B #5558A8 #A85582

split-complementary

#A8A555 #5582A8 #7B55A8

monochromatic

#57552C #7F7D40 #A8A555 #BDBB7D #D2D0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A8A555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A555

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A555	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.103 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf87',
    500: '#a8a555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a555;
$custom-light: #c4bf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.831,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7071,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A555

secondary

#999BBF

accent

#63C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A555

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

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