#A8A16E#A8A16E

#A8A16E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.070 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A16E
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 25%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 34.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, -5.39, 27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 28.04, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0137 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.07 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7082, 34.9411, 19.8228)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A16E #6E75A8

analogous

#A8846E #A8A16E #92A86E

triadic

#A8A16E #6EA8A1 #A16EA8

tetradic

#A8A16E #6EA884 #6E75A8 #A86E92

square

#A8A16E #6EA884 #6E75A8 #A86E92

split-complementary

#A8A16E #6E92A8 #846EA8

monochromatic

#615D3A #888151 #A8A16E #BFBA94 #D6D3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A8A16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#A8A16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A16E

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A16E	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9E6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.070 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bc98',
    500: '#a8a16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a16e;
$custom-light: #c2bc98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70245,
    "c": 0.06961,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A16E

secondary

#ADB0C5

accent

#71C166

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120D

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A16E

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

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