#A8A655#A8A655

#A8A655 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.104 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A655
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 49.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -10.78, 41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 43.19, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0313 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.104 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4251, 36.2539, 13.9349)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A655 #5557A8

analogous

#A87D55 #A8A655 #81A855

triadic

#A8A655 #55A8A6 #A655A8

tetradic

#A8A655 #55A87D #5557A8 #A85581

square

#A8A655 #55A87D #5557A8 #A85581

split-complementary

#A8A655 #5581A8 #7D55A8

monochromatic

#57562C #7F7E40 #A8A655 #BDBC7D #D2D1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A8A655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A655

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A655	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.104 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c087',
    500: '#a8a655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a655;
$custom-light: #c4c087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.554,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7093,
    "c": 0.10396,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A655

secondary

#999ABF

accent

#61C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A655

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

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