#A8A146#A8A146

#A8A146 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.113 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A146
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 58.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -9.42, 47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 48.22, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0291 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.113 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9998, 34.2578, 10.8253)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A146 #464DA8

analogous

#A87046 #A8A146 #7EA846

triadic

#A8A146 #46A8A1 #A146A8

tetradic

#A8A146 #46A870 #464DA8 #A8467E

square

#A8A146 #46A870 #464DA8 #A8467E

split-complementary

#A8A146 #467EA8 #7046A8

monochromatic

#524E22 #7D7834 #A8A146 #C1BB6A #D3CF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A8A146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A146

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A146	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#AE9C3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.113 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc7d',
    500: '#a8a146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a146;
$custom-light: #c4bc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69646,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A146

secondary

#8B8FBF

accent

#60D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A146

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

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