#A8A442#A8A442

#A8A442 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.120 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A442
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -11.30, 50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 51.27, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0348 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.12 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4083, 35.2700, 10.3592)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A442 #4246A8

analogous

#A87142 #A8A442 #79A842

triadic

#A8A442 #42A8A4 #A442A8

tetradic

#A8A442 #42A871 #4246A8 #A84279

square

#A8A442 #42A871 #4246A8 #A84279

split-complementary

#A8A442 #4279A8 #7142A8

monochromatic

#504E1F #7C7931 #A8A442 #C2BF65 #D4D191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A8A442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A8A442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A442

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A442	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.120 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be7b',
    500: '#a8a442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a442;
$custom-light: #c4be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70264,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A442

secondary

#8789BF

accent

#59D354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A442

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

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