#A8A951#A8A951

#A8A951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.111 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A951
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 52.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -12.72, 44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 46.49, 105.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0372 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.111 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8224, 37.2956, 13.3054)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A951 #5251A9

analogous

#A97E51 #A8A951 #7CA951

triadic

#A8A951 #51A8A9 #A951A8

tetradic

#A8A951 #51A97E #5251A9 #A9517C

square

#A8A951 #51A97E #5251A9 #A9517C

split-complementary

#A8A951 #517CA9 #7E51A9

monochromatic

#565629 #7F803D #A8A951 #BEBF79 #D2D2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#A8A951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A951

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A951	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)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.111 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c284',
    500: '#a8a951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a951;
$custom-light: #c4c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.682,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7154,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A951

secondary

#9796C0

accent

#5DCB5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A951

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

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