#A8AC51#A8AC51

#A8AC51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AC51
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 52.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -14.27, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 47.86, 107.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0416 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.115 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3869, 38.4246, 13.4936)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AC51 #5551AC

analogous

#AC8251 #A8AC51 #7BAC51

triadic

#A8AC51 #51A8AC #AC51A8

tetradic

#A8AC51 #51AC82 #5551AC #AC517B

square

#A8AC51 #51AC82 #5551AC #AC517B

split-complementary

#A8AC51 #517BAC #8251AC

monochromatic

#57592A #7F823D #A8AC51 #BDC07A #D2D4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8AC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#A8AC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AC51

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AC51	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ac51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c485',
    500: '#a8ac51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ac51;
$custom-light: #c4c485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ac51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.637,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72205,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AC51

secondary

#9998C1

accent

#5CCC61

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AC51

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

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