#A8A043#A8A043

#A8A043 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.115 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A043
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 67)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 60.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -9.12, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 49.20, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0285 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.115 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7334, 33.8727, 10.2810)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A043 #434BA8

analogous

#A86D43 #A8A043 #7DA843

triadic

#A8A043 #43A8A0 #A043A8

tetradic

#A8A043 #43A86D #434BA8 #A8437D

square

#A8A043 #43A86D #434BA8 #A8437D

split-complementary

#A8A043 #437DA8 #6D43A8

monochromatic

#504D20 #7C7632 #A8A043 #C2BB66 #D3CE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A8A043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A8A043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A043

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A043	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)

#AD9B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.115 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb7b',
    500: '#a8a043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a043;
$custom-light: #c4bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.248,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69394,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A043

secondary

#888CBF

accent

#5FD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A043

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

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