#A8A95E#A8A95E

#A8A95E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.098 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A95E
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 94)
HSL	hsl(61, 30%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 44.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -11.47, 38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 40.10, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0323 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.098 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3574, 37.5096, 16.1231)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A95E #5F5EA9

analogous

#A9855E #A8A95E #83A95E

triadic

#A8A95E #5EA8A9 #A95EA8

tetradic

#A8A95E #5EA985 #5F5EA9 #A95E83

square

#A8A95E #5EA985 #5F5EA9 #A95E83

split-complementary

#A8A95E #5E83A9 #855EA9

monochromatic

#5B5C31 #838446 #A8A95E #BEBE86 #D3D4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#A8A95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A95E

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A95E	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.098 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c28d',
    500: '#a8a95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a95e;
$custom-light: #c3c28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.8,
    "s": 30.364,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71718,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A95E

secondary

#A1A1C2

accent

#61C763

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A95E

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

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