#A8A149#A8A149

#A8A149 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.110 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A149
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 56.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -9.19, 45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 46.82, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.028 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.11 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0969, 34.2966, 11.3366)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A149 #4950A8

analogous

#A87249 #A8A149 #80A849

triadic

#A8A149 #49A8A1 #A149A8

tetradic

#A8A149 #49A872 #4950A8 #A84980

square

#A8A149 #49A872 #4950A8 #A84980

split-complementary

#A8A149 #4980A8 #7249A8

monochromatic

#534F24 #7D7836 #A8A149 #C0BA6E #D3CE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A8A149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A149

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A149	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.110 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc7f',
    500: '#a8a149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a149;
$custom-light: #c4bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.579,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6968,
    "c": 0.11039,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A149

secondary

#8E92BF

accent

#61CF58

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A149

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

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