#A8A449#A8A449

#A8A449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.114 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A449
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 56.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -10.77, 46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 48.07, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0326 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.114 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6274, 35.3577, 11.5134)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A449 #494DA8

analogous

#A87549 #A8A449 #7CA849

triadic

#A8A449 #49A8A4 #A449A8

tetradic

#A8A449 #49A875 #494DA8 #A8497C

square

#A8A449 #49A875 #494DA8 #A8497C

split-complementary

#A8A449 #497CA8 #7549A8

monochromatic

#535124 #7D7A36 #A8A449 #C0BD6E #D3D099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A8A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A449

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A449	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.114 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be7f',
    500: '#a8a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a449;
$custom-light: #c4be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.474,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7034,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A449

secondary

#8E90BF

accent

#5DCF58

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A449

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

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