#A8A657#A8A657

#A8A657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A657
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 48.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -10.59, 40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 42.20, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0305 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.102 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5057, 36.2862, 14.3593)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A657 #5759A8

analogous

#A87E57 #A8A657 #81A857

triadic

#A8A657 #57A8A6 #A657A8

tetradic

#A8A657 #57A87E #5759A8 #A85781

square

#A8A657 #57A87E #5759A8 #A85781

split-complementary

#A8A657 #5781A8 #7E57A8

monochromatic

#57562D #807E42 #A8A657 #BDBB7F #D2D1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A8A657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A8A657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A657

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A657	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c088',
    500: '#a8a657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a657;
$custom-light: #c3c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.519,
    "s": 31.765,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70957,
    "c": 0.10187,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A657

secondary

#9B9CC0

accent

#62C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A657

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

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