#A8A372#A8A372

#A8A372 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.067 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A372
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 24%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 32%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 32.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -5.96, 26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 26.83, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0151 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.067 103)
XYZ	xyz(32.2832, 35.7348, 21.1132)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A372 #7277A8

analogous

#A88872 #A8A372 #92A872

triadic

#A8A372 #72A8A3 #A372A8

tetradic

#A8A372 #72A888 #7277A8 #A87292

square

#A8A372 #72A888 #7277A8 #A87292

split-complementary

#A8A372 #7292A8 #8872A8

monochromatic

#635F3D #898454 #A8A372 #BFBC98 #D7D4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A8A372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A372

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A372	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.067 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be9b',
    500: '#a8a372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a372;
$custom-light: #c2be9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 23.684,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70754,
    "c": 0.06693,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.35734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A372

secondary

#B0B2C6

accent

#70C068

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A372

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

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