#A8A563#A8A563

#A8A563 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.087 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A563
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 99)
HSL	hsl(57, 28%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 41.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -8.83, 34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 35.66, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0243 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.087 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8562, 36.1367, 17.0989)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A563 #6366A8

analogous

#A88263 #A8A563 #89A863

triadic

#A8A563 #63A8A5 #A563A8

tetradic

#A8A563 #63A882 #6366A8 #A86389

square

#A8A563 #63A882 #6366A8 #A86389

split-complementary

#A8A563 #6389A8 #8263A8

monochromatic

#5D5B34 #84824A #A8A563 #BEBC8A #D4D2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A8A563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A563

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A563	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.087 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bf90',
    500: '#a8a563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a563;
$custom-light: #c3bf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 28.395,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70919,
    "c": 0.08743,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A563

secondary

#A4A6C2

accent

#67C563

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A563

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

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