#A8A580#A8A580

#A8A580 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.051 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A580
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 128)
HSL	hsl(56, 19%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 24%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 23.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -5.10, 19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 20.28, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0122 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.051 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4998, 36.7941, 25.7551)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A580 #8083A8

analogous

#A89180 #A8A580 #97A880

triadic

#A8A580 #80A8A5 #A580A8

tetradic

#A8A580 #80A891 #8083A8 #A88097

square

#A8A580 #80A891 #8083A8 #A88097

split-complementary

#A8A580 #8097A8 #9180A8

monochromatic

#676547 #8B885F #A8A580 #C1BFA4 #DAD8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#A8A580 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A580

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A580	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA27E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.051 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfa5',
    500: '#a8a580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a580;
$custom-light: #c2bfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 18.692,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71477,
    "c": 0.05129,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A580

secondary

#BABBCA

accent

#72BB6C

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A580

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

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