#A8A140#A8A140

#A8A140 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.118 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A140
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -9.86, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 50.94, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.031 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.118 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8198, 34.1858, 9.8772)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A140 #4047A8

analogous

#A86D40 #A8A140 #7BA840

triadic

#A8A140 #40A8A1 #A140A8

tetradic

#A8A140 #40A86D #4047A8 #A8407B

square

#A8A140 #40A86D #4047A8 #A8407B

split-complementary

#A8A140 #407BA8 #6D40A8

monochromatic

#4F4C1E #7C772F #A8A140 #C3BD62 #D4CF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A8A140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A8A140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A140

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A140	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.118 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc79',
    500: '#a8a140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a140;
$custom-light: #c4bc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.962,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69582,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A140

secondary

#8589BF

accent

#5CD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A140

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

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