#A8A370#A8A370

#A8A370 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.069 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A370
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 112)
HSL	hsl(55, 24%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 33.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -6.21, 27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 27.90, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0159 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.069 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1706, 35.6898, 20.5202)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A370 #7075A8

analogous

#A88770 #A8A370 #91A870

triadic

#A8A370 #70A8A3 #A370A8

tetradic

#A8A370 #70A887 #7075A8 #A87091

square

#A8A370 #70A887 #7075A8 #A87091

split-complementary

#A8A370 #7091A8 #8770A8

monochromatic

#625F3C #888353 #A8A370 #BFBB96 #D6D4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A370 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#A8A370 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A370

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A370	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A370	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a370;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.069 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be99',
    500: '#a8a370',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a370;
$custom-light: #c2be99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a370",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 24.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70715,
    "c": 0.06943,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A370

secondary

#AEB0C6

accent

#6FC167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A370

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

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