#A8A444#A8A444

#A8A444 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A444
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 59.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -11.15, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 50.37, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0342 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.118 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4683, 35.2940, 10.6752)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A444 #4448A8

analogous

#A87244 #A8A444 #7AA844

triadic

#A8A444 #44A8A4 #A444A8

tetradic

#A8A444 #44A872 #4448A8 #A8447A

square

#A8A444 #44A872 #4448A8 #A8447A

split-complementary

#A8A444 #447AA8 #7244A8

monochromatic

#514F21 #7C7932 #A8A444 #C2BE68 #D3D193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A8A444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#A8A444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A444

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A444	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be7c',
    500: '#a8a444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a444;
$custom-light: #c4be7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70285,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A444

secondary

#898BBF

accent

#5BD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A444

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

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