#A8A244#A8A244

#A8A244 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.116 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A244
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 59.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -10.10, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 49.55, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0312 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.116 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1132, 34.5838, 10.5568)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A244 #444AA8

analogous

#A87044 #A8A244 #7CA844

triadic

#A8A244 #44A8A2 #A244A8

tetradic

#A8A244 #44A870 #444AA8 #A8447C

square

#A8A244 #44A870 #444AA8 #A8447C

split-complementary

#A8A244 #447CA8 #7044A8

monochromatic

#514E21 #7C7832 #A8A244 #C2BC68 #D3CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A8A244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A8A244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A244

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A244	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.116 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd7c',
    500: '#a8a244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a244;
$custom-light: #c4bd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69844,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A244

secondary

#898CBF

accent

#5DD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A244

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

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