#A8A245#A8A245

#A8A245 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A245
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 58.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -10.03, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 49.09, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0309 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.115 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1439, 34.5961, 10.7189)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A245 #454BA8

analogous

#A87145 #A8A245 #7DA845

triadic

#A8A245 #45A8A2 #A245A8

tetradic

#A8A245 #45A871 #454BA8 #A8457D

square

#A8A245 #45A871 #454BA8 #A8457D

split-complementary

#A8A245 #457DA8 #7145A8

monochromatic

#514E21 #7D7833 #A8A245 #C1BC69 #D3CF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A8A245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A8A245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A245

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A245	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)

#AF9D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd7c',
    500: '#a8a245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a245;
$custom-light: #c4bd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69855,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A245

secondary

#8A8DBF

accent

#5ED256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A245

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

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