#A8A755#A8A755

#A8A755 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.105 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A755
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 49.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -11.31, 42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 43.64, 105.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0328 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.105 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6076, 36.6189, 13.9957)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A755 #5556A8

analogous

#A87E55 #A8A755 #80A855

triadic

#A8A755 #55A8A7 #A755A8

tetradic

#A8A755 #55A87E #5556A8 #A85580

square

#A8A755 #55A87E #5556A8 #A85580

split-complementary

#A8A755 #5580A8 #7E55A8

monochromatic

#57562C #7F7F40 #A8A755 #BDBC7D #D2D1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A8A755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A755

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A755	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.105 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c187',
    500: '#a8a755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a755;
$custom-light: #c4c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.277,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7115,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A755

secondary

#999ABF

accent

#60C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A755

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

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