#A8A565#A8A565

#A8A565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.085 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A565
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(57, 28%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 39.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -8.60, 33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 34.63, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0235 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.085 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9530, 36.1754, 17.6087)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A565 #6568A8

analogous

#A88365 #A8A565 #8AA865

triadic

#A8A565 #65A8A5 #A565A8

tetradic

#A8A565 #65A883 #6568A8 #A8658A

square

#A8A565 #65A883 #6568A8 #A8658A

split-complementary

#A8A565 #658AA8 #8365A8

monochromatic

#5E5C35 #85824B #A8A565 #BEBC8C #D4D3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A8A565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A565

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A565	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.085 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bf92',
    500: '#a8a565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a565;
$custom-light: #c3bf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 27.801,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70952,
    "c": 0.0851,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A565

secondary

#A6A7C3

accent

#68C464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A565

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

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