#A8A562#A8A562

#A8A562 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.089 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A562
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 29%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 41.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -8.94, 35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 36.18, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0247 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.089 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8087, 36.1177, 16.8487)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A562 #6265A8

analogous

#A88262 #A8A562 #88A862

triadic

#A8A562 #62A8A5 #A562A8

tetradic

#A8A562 #62A882 #6265A8 #A86288

square

#A8A562 #62A882 #6265A8 #A86288

split-complementary

#A8A562 #6288A8 #8262A8

monochromatic

#5C5B33 #848149 #A8A562 #BEBC89 #D4D2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A8A562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A562

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A562	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.089 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bf90',
    500: '#a8a562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a562;
$custom-light: #c3bf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 28.689,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70903,
    "c": 0.08858,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A562

secondary

#A4A5C2

accent

#67C563

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A562

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

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