#A8A047#A8A047

#A8A047 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.111 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A047
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 57.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -8.82, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 47.35, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0272 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.111 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8576, 33.9224, 10.9349)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A047 #474FA8

analogous

#A87047 #A8A047 #80A847

triadic

#A8A047 #47A8A0 #A047A8

tetradic

#A8A047 #47A870 #474FA8 #A84780

square

#A8A047 #47A870 #474FA8 #A84780

split-complementary

#A8A047 #4780A8 #7047A8

monochromatic

#524E23 #7D7735 #A8A047 #C1BA6C #D3CE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A8A047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A8A047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A047

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A047	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)

#AD9B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.111 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb7d',
    500: '#a8a047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a047;
$custom-light: #c4bb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.052,
    "s": 40.586,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69438,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A047

secondary

#8C90BF

accent

#61D057

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A047

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

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