#A8A248#A8A248

#A8A248 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.112 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A248
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 57.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -9.80, 46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 47.70, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0299 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.112 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2394, 34.6343, 11.2218)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A248 #484EA8

analogous

#A87248 #A8A248 #7EA848

triadic

#A8A248 #48A8A2 #A248A8

tetradic

#A8A248 #48A872 #484EA8 #A8487E

square

#A8A248 #48A872 #484EA8 #A8487E

split-complementary

#A8A248 #487EA8 #7248A8

monochromatic

#524F23 #7D7936 #A8A248 #C0BB6D #D3CF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A8A248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A8A248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A248

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A248	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.112 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd7e',
    500: '#a8a248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a248;
$custom-light: #c4bd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69888,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A248

secondary

#8D90BF

accent

#5FD058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A248

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

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