#A8A246#A8A246

#A8A246 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.114 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A246
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 58.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -9.95, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 48.63, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0306 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.114 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1752, 34.6087, 10.8838)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A246 #464CA8

analogous

#A87146 #A8A246 #7DA846

triadic

#A8A246 #46A8A2 #A246A8

tetradic

#A8A246 #46A871 #464CA8 #A8467D

square

#A8A246 #46A871 #464CA8 #A8467D

split-complementary

#A8A246 #467DA8 #7146A8

monochromatic

#524F22 #7D7834 #A8A246 #C1BC6A #D3CF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A8A246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A8A246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A246

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A246	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)

#AF9D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.114 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd7d',
    500: '#a8a246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a246;
$custom-light: #c4bd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69866,
    "c": 0.1142,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A246

secondary

#8B8EBF

accent

#5ED157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A246

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

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