#A8A55C#A8A55C

#A8A55C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.095 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A55C
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 92)
HSL	hsl(58, 30%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 45%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 45.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -9.57, 38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 39.24, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0271 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.095 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5360, 36.0086, 15.4123)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A55C #5C5FA8

analogous

#A87F5C #A8A55C #85A85C

triadic

#A8A55C #5CA8A5 #A55CA8

tetradic

#A8A55C #5CA87F #5C5FA8 #A85C85

square

#A8A55C #5CA87F #5C5FA8 #A85C85

split-complementary

#A8A55C #5C85A8 #7F5CA8

monochromatic

#5A5830 #827F45 #A8A55C #BDBB84 #D3D1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A8A55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A55C

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A55C	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.095 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bf8b',
    500: '#a8a55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a55c;
$custom-light: #c3bf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.632,
    "s": 30.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7081,
    "c": 0.09533,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A55C

secondary

#9FA0C1

accent

#65C761

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A55C

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

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