#A8A55E#A8A55E

#A8A55E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.093 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A55E
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 30%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 44%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -9.36, 37.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 38.23, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0263 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.093 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6246, 36.0440, 15.8788)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A55E #5E61A8

analogous

#A8805E #A8A55E #86A85E

triadic

#A8A55E #5EA8A5 #A55EA8

tetradic

#A8A55E #5EA880 #5E61A8 #A85E86

square

#A8A55E #5EA880 #5E61A8 #A85E86

split-complementary

#A8A55E #5E86A8 #805EA8

monochromatic

#5B5931 #828046 #A8A55E #BDBB86 #D3D1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A8A55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A55E

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A55E	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.093 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bf8d',
    500: '#a8a55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a55e;
$custom-light: #c3bf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.568,
    "s": 29.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7084,
    "c": 0.09311,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A55E

secondary

#A1A2C1

accent

#66C662

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A55E

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

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