#A8A656#A8A656

#A8A656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.103 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A656
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 48.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -10.69, 41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 42.70, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0309 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.103 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4651, 36.2700, 14.1456)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A656 #5658A8

analogous

#A87D56 #A8A656 #81A856

triadic

#A8A656 #56A8A6 #A656A8

tetradic

#A8A656 #56A87D #5658A8 #A85681

square

#A8A656 #56A87D #5658A8 #A85681

split-complementary

#A8A656 #5681A8 #7D56A8

monochromatic

#57562D #807E41 #A8A656 #BDBC7E #D2D1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A8A656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A8A656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A656

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A656	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#B1A04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.103 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c087',
    500: '#a8a656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a656;
$custom-light: #c3c087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 32.283,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70944,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A656

secondary

#9A9BBF

accent

#62C85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A656

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

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