#A8A048#A8A048

#A8A048 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.110 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A048
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 57.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -8.74, 46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 46.88, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0269 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.11 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8899, 33.9353, 11.1053)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A048 #4850A8

analogous

#A87048 #A8A048 #80A848

triadic

#A8A048 #48A8A0 #A048A8

tetradic

#A8A048 #48A870 #4850A8 #A84880

square

#A8A048 #48A870 #4850A8 #A84880

split-complementary

#A8A048 #4880A8 #7048A8

monochromatic

#524E23 #7D7736 #A8A048 #C0B96D #D3CE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A8A048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A8A048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A048

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A048	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.110 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb7e',
    500: '#a8a048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a048;
$custom-light: #c4bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69449,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A048

secondary

#8D91BF

accent

#62D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A048

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

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