#A8A558#A8A558

#A8A558 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.100 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A558
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 88)
HSL	hsl(58, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 47.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -9.97, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 41.25, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0286 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.1 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3657, 35.9405, 14.5156)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A558 #585BA8

analogous

#A87D58 #A8A558 #83A858

triadic

#A8A558 #58A8A5 #A558A8

tetradic

#A8A558 #58A87D #585BA8 #A85883

square

#A8A558 #58A87D #585BA8 #A85883

split-complementary

#A8A558 #5883A8 #7D58A8

monochromatic

#58562E #807E43 #A8A558 #BDBB80 #D2D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A8A558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A558

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A558	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.100 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bf89',
    500: '#a8a558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a558;
$custom-light: #c3bf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.75,
    "s": 31.496,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70752,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A558

secondary

#9C9DC0

accent

#64C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A558

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

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