#A8A653#A8A653

#A8A653 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.106 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A653
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 50.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -10.97, 42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 44.17, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.032 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.106 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3468, 36.2226, 13.5223)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A653 #5355A8

analogous

#A87C53 #A8A653 #80A853

triadic

#A8A653 #53A8A6 #A653A8

tetradic

#A8A653 #53A87C #5355A8 #A85380

square

#A8A653 #53A87C #5355A8 #A85380

split-complementary

#A8A653 #5380A8 #7C53A8

monochromatic

#56552B #7F7E3F #A8A653 #BEBC7B #D2D1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A8A653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A653

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A653	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)

#B2A04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.106 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c085',
    500: '#a8a653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a653;
$custom-light: #c4c085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.588,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70903,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A653

secondary

#9899BF

accent

#60CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A653

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

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