#A8A751#A8A751

#A8A751 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.109 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A751
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 51.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -11.67, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 45.58, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0342 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.109 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4531, 36.5571, 13.1824)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A751 #5152A8

analogous

#A87C51 #A8A751 #7EA851

triadic

#A8A751 #51A8A7 #A751A8

tetradic

#A8A751 #51A87C #5152A8 #A8517E

square

#A8A751 #51A87C #5152A8 #A8517E

split-complementary

#A8A751 #517EA8 #7C51A8

monochromatic

#555529 #7F7E3D #A8A751 #BEBD78 #D2D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#A8A751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A751

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A751	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.109 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c184',
    500: '#a8a751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a751;
$custom-light: #c4c184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.31,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71098,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A751

secondary

#9696BF

accent

#5ECB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A751

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

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