#A8A659#A8A659

#A8A659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.100 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A659
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 47%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -10.40, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 41.21, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0298 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.1 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5885, 36.3193, 14.7956)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A659 #595BA8

analogous

#A87E59 #A8A659 #82A859

triadic

#A8A659 #59A8A6 #A659A8

tetradic

#A8A659 #59A87E #595BA8 #A85982

square

#A8A659 #59A87E #595BA8 #A85982

split-complementary

#A8A659 #5982A8 #7E59A8

monochromatic

#58572E #807F43 #A8A659 #BDBC81 #D2D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A8A659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A8A659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A659

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A659	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)

#B1A152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.100 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c089',
    500: '#a8a659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a659;
$custom-light: #c3c089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.481,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70986,
    "c": 0.09974,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A659

secondary

#9D9EC0

accent

#63C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A659

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

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