#A8A756#A8A756

#A8A756 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.104 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A756
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 48.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -11.21, 41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 43.15, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0324 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.104 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6476, 36.6349, 14.2064)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A756 #5657A8

analogous

#A87E56 #A8A756 #80A856

triadic

#A8A756 #56A8A7 #A756A8

tetradic

#A8A756 #56A87E #5657A8 #A85680

square

#A8A756 #56A87E #5657A8 #A85680

split-complementary

#A8A756 #5680A8 #7E56A8

monochromatic

#57572D #807F41 #A8A756 #BDBC7E #D2D1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#A8A756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A756

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A756	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.104 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c188',
    500: '#a8a756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a756;
$custom-light: #c3c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.268,
    "s": 32.283,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71164,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A756

secondary

#9A9BBF

accent

#61C85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A756

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

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