#A8A04D#A8A04D

#A8A04D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.106 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A04D
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 54.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -8.33, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 44.49, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0251 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.106 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0597, 34.0033, 11.9996)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A04D #4D55A8

analogous

#A8724D #A8A04D #82A84D

triadic

#A8A04D #4DA8A0 #A04DA8

tetradic

#A8A04D #4DA872 #4D55A8 #A84D82

square

#A8A04D #4DA872 #4D55A8 #A84D82

split-complementary

#A8A04D #4D82A8 #724DA8

monochromatic

#545027 #7E783A #A8A04D #BFB873 #D2CE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A8A04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A8A04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A04D

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A04D	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.106 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb81',
    500: '#a8a04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a04d;
$custom-light: #c4bb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.725,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6951,
    "c": 0.10551,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A04D

secondary

#9296BF

accent

#65CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A04D

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

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