#A8A142#A8A142

#A8A142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.117 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A142
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -9.72, 49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 50.05, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0304 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.117 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8777, 34.2089, 10.1823)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A142 #4249A8

analogous

#A86E42 #A8A142 #7CA842

triadic

#A8A142 #42A8A1 #A142A8

tetradic

#A8A142 #42A86E #4249A8 #A8427C

square

#A8A142 #42A86E #4249A8 #A8427C

split-complementary

#A8A142 #427CA8 #6E42A8

monochromatic

#504D1F #7C7731 #A8A142 #C2BC65 #D4CF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A8A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A8A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A142

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A142	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)

#AE9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.117 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc7a',
    500: '#a8a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a142;
$custom-light: #c4bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.882,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69603,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A142

secondary

#878BBF

accent

#5DD354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A142

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

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