#A8A147#A8A147

#A8A147 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.112 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A147
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 71)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 57.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -9.35, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 47.76, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0287 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.112 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0316, 34.2705, 10.9929)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A147 #474EA8

analogous

#A87147 #A8A147 #7FA847

triadic

#A8A147 #47A8A1 #A147A8

tetradic

#A8A147 #47A871 #474EA8 #A8477F

square

#A8A147 #47A871 #474EA8 #A8477F

split-complementary

#A8A147 #477FA8 #7147A8

monochromatic

#524F23 #7D7835 #A8A147 #C1BB6C #D3CF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A8A147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A147

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A147	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)

#AE9C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.112 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc7d',
    500: '#a8a147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a147;
$custom-light: #c4bc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.67,
    "s": 40.586,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69657,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A147

secondary

#8C90BF

accent

#60D057

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A147

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

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