#A8A045#A8A045

#A8A045 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.113 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A045
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 58.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -8.97, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 48.28, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0279 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.113 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7944, 33.8971, 10.6024)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A045 #454DA8

analogous

#A86F45 #A8A045 #7FA845

triadic

#A8A045 #45A8A0 #A045A8

tetradic

#A8A045 #45A86F #454DA8 #A8457F

square

#A8A045 #45A86F #454DA8 #A8457F

split-complementary

#A8A045 #457FA8 #6F45A8

monochromatic

#514D21 #7D7733 #A8A045 #C1BA69 #D3CE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A8A045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A8A045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A045

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A045	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)

#AD9B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.113 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb7c',
    500: '#a8a045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a045;
$custom-light: #c4bb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.152,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69415,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A045

secondary

#8A8EBF

accent

#60D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A045

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

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