#A8A042#A8A042

#A8A042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.116 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A042
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -9.19, 48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 49.65, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0289 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.116 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7037, 33.8608, 10.1243)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A042 #424AA8

analogous

#A86D42 #A8A042 #7DA842

triadic

#A8A042 #42A8A0 #A042A8

tetradic

#A8A042 #42A86D #424AA8 #A8427D

square

#A8A042 #42A86D #424AA8 #A8427D

split-complementary

#A8A042 #427DA8 #6D42A8

monochromatic

#504C1F #7C7631 #A8A042 #C2BB65 #D4CE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A8A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A8A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A042

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A042	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)

#AD9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.116 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb7a',
    500: '#a8a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a042;
$custom-light: #c4bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69383,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A042

secondary

#878BBF

accent

#5ED354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A042

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

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