#A8A161#A8A161

#A8A161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.085 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A161
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 29%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 42%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 42.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -6.92, 34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 34.87, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.019 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.085 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0516, 34.6785, 16.3649)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A161 #6168A8

analogous

#A87E61 #A8A161 #8CA861

triadic

#A8A161 #61A8A1 #A161A8

tetradic

#A8A161 #61A87E #6168A8 #A8618C

square

#A8A161 #61A87E #6168A8 #A8618C

split-complementary

#A8A161 #618CA8 #7E61A8

monochromatic

#5C5833 #837E48 #A8A161 #BEB888 #D3D0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A8A161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A8A161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A161

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A161	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.085 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bc8f',
    500: '#a8a161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a161;
$custom-light: #c3bc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 28.98,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70016,
    "c": 0.08515,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A161

secondary

#A3A6C2

accent

#6CC563

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A161

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

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