#A8A241#A8A241

#A8A241 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.119 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A241
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 61.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -10.32, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 50.90, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.0322 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.119 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0239, 34.5481, 10.0869)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A241 #4147A8

analogous

#A86E41 #A8A241 #7AA841

triadic

#A8A241 #41A8A2 #A241A8

tetradic

#A8A241 #41A86E #4147A8 #A8417A

square

#A8A241 #41A86E #4147A8 #A8417A

split-complementary

#A8A241 #417AA8 #6E41A8

monochromatic

#504D1F #7C7730 #A8A241 #C3BD63 #D4D090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A8A241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#A8A241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A241

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A241	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.119 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd7a',
    500: '#a8a241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a241;
$custom-light: #c4bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.505,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69813,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A241

secondary

#8689BF

accent

#5BD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A241

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

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