#A8A166#A8A166

#A8A166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.079 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A166
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 102)
HSL	hsl(54, 28%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 39.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -6.36, 31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 32.26, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.017 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.079 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2921, 34.7747, 17.6316)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A166 #666DA8

analogous

#A88066 #A8A166 #8EA866

triadic

#A8A166 #66A8A1 #A166A8

tetradic

#A8A166 #66A880 #666DA8 #A8668E

square

#A8A166 #66A880 #666DA8 #A8668E

split-complementary

#A8A166 #668EA8 #8066A8

monochromatic

#5E5A36 #857F4C #A8A166 #BEB98D #D4D1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A8A166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A8A166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A166

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A166	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9D62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.079 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bc92',
    500: '#a8a166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a166;
$custom-light: #c3bc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 27.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.701,
    "c": 0.07931,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A166

secondary

#A7AAC3

accent

#6EC464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A166

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

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