#A8A962#A8A962

#A8A962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.093 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A962
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(61, 29%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 42%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -11.04, 36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 38.08, 106.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0308 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.093 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5415, 37.5833, 17.0930)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A962 #6362A9

analogous

#A98762 #A8A962 #85A962

triadic

#A8A962 #62A8A9 #A962A8

tetradic

#A8A962 #62A987 #6362A9 #A96285

square

#A8A962 #62A987 #6362A9 #A96285

split-complementary

#A8A962 #6285A9 #8762A9

monochromatic

#5D5D33 #848549 #A8A962 #BEBF8A #D4D4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#A8A962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A962

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A962	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.093 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c290',
    500: '#a8a962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a962;
$custom-light: #c3c290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 29.218,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7178,
    "c": 0.09339,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A962

secondary

#A4A4C3

accent

#62C564

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A962

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

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