#A8A953#A8A953

#A8A953 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A953
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 83)
HSL	hsl(61, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 50.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -12.54, 43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 45.53, 105.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0365 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.109 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8985, 37.3260, 13.7062)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A953 #5453A9

analogous

#A97F53 #A8A953 #7DA953

triadic

#A8A953 #53A8A9 #A953A8

tetradic

#A8A953 #53A97F #5453A9 #A9537D

square

#A8A953 #53A97F #5453A9 #A9537D

split-complementary

#A8A953 #537DA9 #7F53A9

monochromatic

#56572B #7F803F #A8A953 #BDBE7B #D2D2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A8A953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A953

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A953	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c286',
    500: '#a8a953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a953;
$custom-light: #c4c286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.698,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71565,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A953

secondary

#9998C0

accent

#5ECA5F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A953

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

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