#A8A855#A8A855

#A8A855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.106 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A855
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 49.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -11.83, 42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 44.10, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0343 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.106 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7915, 36.9867, 14.0570)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A855 #5555A8

analogous

#A87F55 #A8A855 #7FA855

triadic

#A8A855 #55A8A8 #A855A8

tetradic

#A8A855 #55A87F #5555A8 #A8557F

square

#A8A855 #55A87F #5555A8 #A8557F

split-complementary

#A8A855 #557FA8 #7F55A8

monochromatic

#57572C #7F7F40 #A8A855 #BDBD7D #D2D2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A8A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A855

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A855	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.106 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c187',
    500: '#a8a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a855;
$custom-light: #c4c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71371,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A855

secondary

#9999BF

accent

#5FC95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A855

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

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