#A8A243#A8A243

#A8A243 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.117 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A243
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 60.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -10.18, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 50.00, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0315 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.117 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0829, 34.5717, 10.3975)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A243 #4349A8

analogous

#A86F43 #A8A243 #7BA843

triadic

#A8A243 #43A8A2 #A243A8

tetradic

#A8A243 #43A86F #4349A8 #A8437B

square

#A8A243 #43A86F #4349A8 #A8437B

split-complementary

#A8A243 #437BA8 #6F43A8

monochromatic

#504E20 #7C7832 #A8A243 #C2BD66 #D3D092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A8A243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#A8A243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A243

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A243	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#AF9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.117 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd7b',
    500: '#a8a243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a243;
$custom-light: #c4bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.436,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69833,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A243

secondary

#888BBF

accent

#5DD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A243

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

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