#A8A56D#A8A56D

#A8A56D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.076 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A56D
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 109)
HSL	hsl(57, 25%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 35%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 35.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -7.65, 29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 30.44, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0202 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.076 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3643, 36.3399, 19.7744)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A56D #6D70A8

analogous

#A8886D #A8A56D #8EA86D

triadic

#A8A56D #6DA8A5 #A56DA8

tetradic

#A8A56D #6DA888 #6D70A8 #A86D8E

square

#A8A56D #6DA888 #6D70A8 #A86D8E

split-complementary

#A8A56D #6D8EA8 #886DA8

monochromatic

#615F3A #878451 #A8A56D #BFBD93 #D6D4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A8A56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#A8A56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A56D

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A56D	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.076 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bf97',
    500: '#a8a56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a56d;
$custom-light: #c3bf97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 25.322,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71093,
    "c": 0.07552,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A56D

secondary

#ACADC5

accent

#6BC266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120D

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A56D

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

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