#A8A650#A8A650

#A8A650 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.109 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A650
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 52.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -11.24, 44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 45.62, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0331 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.109 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2334, 36.1773, 12.9255)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A650 #5052A8

analogous

#A87A50 #A8A650 #7EA850

triadic

#A8A650 #50A8A6 #A650A8

tetradic

#A8A650 #50A87A #5052A8 #A8507E

square

#A8A650 #50A87A #5052A8 #A8507E

split-complementary

#A8A650 #507EA8 #7A50A8

monochromatic

#555429 #7F7D3C #A8A650 #BEBD77 #D2D1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A8A650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A650

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A650	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)

#B2A048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.109 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c084',
    500: '#a8a650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a650;
$custom-light: #c4c084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70865,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A650

secondary

#9596BF

accent

#5FCC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A650

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

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