#A8A271#A8A271

#A8A271 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.067 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A271
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 113)
HSL	hsl(53, 24%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 33%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 32.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -5.55, 26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 26.90, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.014 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.067 102)
XYZ	xyz(32.0497, 35.3585, 20.7561)
Luminance	0.3536 (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

#A8A271 #7177A8

analogous

#A88771 #A8A271 #92A871

triadic

#A8A271 #71A8A2 #A271A8

tetradic

#A8A271 #71A887 #7177A8 #A87192

square

#A8A271 #71A887 #7177A8 #A87192

split-complementary

#A8A271 #7192A8 #8771A8

monochromatic

#625E3C #888354 #A8A271 #BFBB97 #D7D4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A8A271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A271

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A271	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.067 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bd9a',
    500: '#a8a271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a271;
$custom-light: #c2bd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 24.017,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70519,
    "c": 0.06701,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.35358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A271

secondary

#AFB1C6

accent

#71C067

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A271

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

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