#A8A145#A8A145

#A8A145 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.114 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A145
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 58.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -9.50, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 48.68, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0294 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.114 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9685, 34.2452, 10.6604)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A145 #454CA8

analogous

#A87045 #A8A145 #7EA845

triadic

#A8A145 #45A8A1 #A145A8

tetradic

#A8A145 #45A870 #454CA8 #A8457E

square

#A8A145 #45A870 #454CA8 #A8457E

split-complementary

#A8A145 #457EA8 #7045A8

monochromatic

#514E21 #7D7733 #A8A145 #C1BB69 #D3CF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A8A145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A8A145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A145

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A145	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.114 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc7c',
    500: '#a8a145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a145;
$custom-light: #c4bc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.758,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69635,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A145

secondary

#8A8EBF

accent

#5FD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A145

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

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