#A8A559#A8A559

#A8A559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A559
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 47%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -9.87, 39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 40.75, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0283 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.099 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4074, 35.9572, 14.7352)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A559 #595CA8

analogous

#A87E59 #A8A559 #83A859

triadic

#A8A559 #59A8A5 #A559A8

tetradic

#A8A559 #59A87E #595CA8 #A85983

square

#A8A559 #59A87E #595CA8 #A85983

split-complementary

#A8A559 #5983A8 #7E59A8

monochromatic

#58572E #807E43 #A8A559 #BDBB81 #D2D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A8A559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A559

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A559	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)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bf89',
    500: '#a8a559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a559;
$custom-light: #c3bf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.722,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70766,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A559

secondary

#9D9EC0

accent

#64C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A559

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

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