#A8A143#A8A143

#A8A143 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.116 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A143
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 60.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -9.65, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 49.60, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.03 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.116 105)
XYZ	xyz(29.9074, 34.2208, 10.3390)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A143 #434AA8

analogous

#A86E43 #A8A143 #7CA843

triadic

#A8A143 #43A8A1 #A143A8

tetradic

#A8A143 #43A86E #434AA8 #A8437C

square

#A8A143 #43A86E #434AA8 #A8437C

split-complementary

#A8A143 #437CA8 #6E43A8

monochromatic

#504D20 #7C7732 #A8A143 #C2BC66 #D3CF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A8A143 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A8A143 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A143

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A143	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A143	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)

#AE9C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a143;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.116 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc7b',
    500: '#a8a143',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a143;
$custom-light: #c4bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a143",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.842,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69613,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.3422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A143

secondary

#888CBF

accent

#5ED355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A143

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

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