#A8A044#A8A044

#A8A044 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.114 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A044
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 59.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -9.05, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 48.74, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0282 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.114 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7636, 33.8848, 10.4403)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A044 #444CA8

analogous

#A86E44 #A8A044 #7EA844

triadic

#A8A044 #44A8A0 #A044A8

tetradic

#A8A044 #44A86E #444CA8 #A8447E

square

#A8A044 #44A86E #444CA8 #A8447E

split-complementary

#A8A044 #447EA8 #6E44A8

monochromatic

#514D21 #7C7732 #A8A044 #C2BA68 #D3CE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A8A044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A8A044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A044

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A044	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.114 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb7b',
    500: '#a8a044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a044;
$custom-light: #c4bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69405,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A044

secondary

#898DBF

accent

#60D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A044

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

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