#A8A04E#A8A04E

#A8A04E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.105 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A04E
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 53.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -8.24, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 44.01, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0248 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.105 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0953, 34.0175, 12.1870)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A04E #4E56A8

analogous

#A8734E #A8A04E #83A84E

triadic

#A8A04E #4EA8A0 #A04EA8

tetradic

#A8A04E #4EA873 #4E56A8 #A84E83

square

#A8A04E #4EA873 #4E56A8 #A84E83

split-complementary

#A8A04E #4E83A8 #734EA8

monochromatic

#545027 #7E783B #A8A04E #BFB875 #D2CD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A8A04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A8A04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A04E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A04E	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)

#AC9B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.105 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb82',
    500: '#a8a04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a04e;
$custom-light: #c4bb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69522,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A04E

secondary

#9397BF

accent

#65CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A04E

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

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