#A8A040#A8A040

#A8A040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.117 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A040
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -9.33, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 50.55, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0295 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.117 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6457, 33.8377, 9.8192)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A040 #4048A8

analogous

#A86C40 #A8A040 #7CA840

triadic

#A8A040 #40A8A0 #A040A8

tetradic

#A8A040 #40A86C #4048A8 #A8407C

square

#A8A040 #40A86C #4048A8 #A8407C

split-complementary

#A8A040 #407CA8 #6C40A8

monochromatic

#4F4C1E #7C762F #A8A040 #C3BC62 #D4CF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A8A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A8A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A040

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A040	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.117 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb79',
    500: '#a8a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a040;
$custom-light: #c4bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69363,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A040

secondary

#8589BF

accent

#5DD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A040

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

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