#A8A950#A8A950

#A8A950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.112 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A950
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(61, 36%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 52.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -12.80, 45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 46.96, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0376 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.112 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7851, 37.2807, 13.1094)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A950 #5150A9

analogous

#A97E50 #A8A950 #7CA950

triadic

#A8A950 #50A8A9 #A950A8

tetradic

#A8A950 #50A97E #5150A9 #A9507C

square

#A8A950 #50A97E #5150A9 #A9507C

split-complementary

#A8A950 #507CA9 #7E50A9

monochromatic

#555629 #7F7F3C #A8A950 #BEBF77 #D2D2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#A8A950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A950

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A950	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.112 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c284',
    500: '#a8a950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a950;
$custom-light: #c4c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.674,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A950

secondary

#9695C0

accent

#5CCC5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A950

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

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