#A8A956#A8A956

#A8A956 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.106 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A956
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 49.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -12.26, 42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 44.07, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0354 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.106 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0168, 37.3734, 14.3295)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A956 #5756A9

analogous

#A98156 #A8A956 #7EA956

triadic

#A8A956 #56A8A9 #A956A8

tetradic

#A8A956 #56A981 #5756A9 #A9567E

square

#A8A956 #56A981 #5756A9 #A9567E

split-complementary

#A8A956 #567EA9 #8156A9

monochromatic

#57582D #808041 #A8A956 #BDBE7F #D2D2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A8A956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A956

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A956	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)

#B4A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.106 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c288',
    500: '#a8a956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a956;
$custom-light: #c3c288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.723,
    "s": 32.549,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71605,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A956

secondary

#9B9BC0

accent

#5FC960

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A956

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

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