#A8A345#A8A345

#A8A345 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.116 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A345
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 58.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, -10.55, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 49.50, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0324 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.116 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3208, 34.9498, 10.7779)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A345 #454AA8

analogous

#A87245 #A8A345 #7CA845

triadic

#A8A345 #45A8A3 #A345A8

tetradic

#A8A345 #45A872 #454AA8 #A8457C

square

#A8A345 #45A872 #454AA8 #A8457C

split-complementary

#A8A345 #457CA8 #7245A8

monochromatic

#514F21 #7D7933 #A8A345 #C1BD69 #D3D094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A8A345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#A8A345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A345

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A345	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.116 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be7c',
    500: '#a8a345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a345;
$custom-light: #c4be7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.97,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70075,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A345

secondary

#8A8DBF

accent

#5CD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A345

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

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