#A8A960#A8A960

#A8A960 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.096 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A960
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 96)
HSL	hsl(61, 30%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 43%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 43.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -11.26, 37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 39.09, 106.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0316 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.096 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4483, 37.5460, 16.6018)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A960 #6160A9

analogous

#A98660 #A8A960 #84A960

triadic

#A8A960 #60A8A9 #A960A8

tetradic

#A8A960 #60A986 #6160A9 #A96084

square

#A8A960 #60A986 #6160A9 #A96084

split-complementary

#A8A960 #6084A9 #8660A9

monochromatic

#5C5D32 #838448 #A8A960 #BEBE88 #D3D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#A8A960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A960

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A960	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.096 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c28e',
    500: '#a8a960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a960;
$custom-light: #c3c28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.822,
    "s": 29.796,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71749,
    "c": 0.09564,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A960

secondary

#A3A2C2

accent

#62C663

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A960

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

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