#A8A862#A8A862

#A8A862 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.092 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A862
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 29%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 42%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 41.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -10.52, 36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 37.60, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0293 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.092 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3562, 37.2126, 17.0312)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A862 #6262A8

analogous

#A88562 #A8A862 #85A862

triadic

#A8A862 #62A8A8 #A862A8

tetradic

#A8A862 #62A885 #6262A8 #A86285

square

#A8A862 #62A885 #6262A8 #A86285

split-complementary

#A8A862 #6285A8 #8562A8

monochromatic

#5C5C33 #848449 #A8A862 #BEBE89 #D4D4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#A8A862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A862

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A862	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.092 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c190',
    500: '#a8a862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a862;
$custom-light: #c3c190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 28.689,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7156,
    "c": 0.09216,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A862

secondary

#A4A4C2

accent

#63C563

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A862

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

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