#A8A759#A8A759

#A8A759 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.101 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A759
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 47%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -10.93, 40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 41.67, 105.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0313 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.101 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7710, 36.6843, 14.8564)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A759 #595AA8

analogous

#A88059 #A8A759 #81A859

triadic

#A8A759 #59A8A7 #A759A8

tetradic

#A8A759 #59A880 #595AA8 #A85981

square

#A8A759 #59A880 #595AA8 #A85981

split-complementary

#A8A759 #5981A8 #8059A8

monochromatic

#58582E #808043 #A8A759 #BDBC81 #D2D2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#A8A759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A759

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A759	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.101 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c18a',
    500: '#a8a759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a759;
$custom-light: #c3c18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.241,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71205,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A759

secondary

#9D9DC0

accent

#62C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A759

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

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