#A8A36D#A8A36D

#A8A36D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.073 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A36D
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 25%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 35%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 35.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -6.59, 28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 29.49, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0172 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.073 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0063, 35.6241, 19.6551)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A36D #6D72A8

analogous

#A8866D #A8A36D #90A86D

triadic

#A8A36D #6DA8A3 #A36DA8

tetradic

#A8A36D #6DA886 #6D72A8 #A86D90

square

#A8A36D #6DA886 #6D72A8 #A86D90

split-complementary

#A8A36D #6D90A8 #866DA8

monochromatic

#615E3A #878351 #A8A36D #BFBB93 #D6D3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#A8A36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A36D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A36D	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9F69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA26F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.073 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be97',
    500: '#a8a36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a36d;
$custom-light: #c3be97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 25.322,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70659,
    "c": 0.07313,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A36D

secondary

#ACAEC5

accent

#6EC266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120D

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A36D

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

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