#A8A85E#A8A85E

#A8A85E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.097 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A85E
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 30%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 44%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -10.94, 38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 39.63, 106.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0308 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.097 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1720, 37.1389, 16.0613)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A85E #5E5EA8

analogous

#A8835E #A8A85E #83A85E

triadic

#A8A85E #5EA8A8 #A85EA8

tetradic

#A8A85E #5EA883 #5E5EA8 #A85E83

square

#A8A85E #5EA883 #5E5EA8 #A85E83

split-complementary

#A8A85E #5E83A8 #835EA8

monochromatic

#5B5B31 #828246 #A8A85E #BDBD86 #D3D3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#A8A85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A85E

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A85E	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.097 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c18d',
    500: '#a8a85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a85e;
$custom-light: #c3c18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 29.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71498,
    "c": 0.09666,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A85E

secondary

#A1A1C1

accent

#62C662

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A85E

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

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