#A8A249#A8A249

#A8A249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.111 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A249
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 56.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -9.72, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 47.23, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0295 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.111 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2723, 34.6475, 11.3950)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A249 #494FA8

analogous

#A87349 #A8A249 #7EA849

triadic

#A8A249 #49A8A2 #A249A8

tetradic

#A8A249 #49A873 #494FA8 #A8497E

square

#A8A249 #49A873 #494FA8 #A8497E

split-complementary

#A8A249 #497EA8 #7349A8

monochromatic

#535024 #7D7936 #A8A249 #C0BB6E #D3CF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A8A249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A8A249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A249

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A249	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)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.111 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd7f',
    500: '#a8a249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a249;
$custom-light: #c4bd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.211,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.699,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A249

secondary

#8E91BF

accent

#60CF58

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A249

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

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