#A8A44A#A8A44A

#A8A44A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.113 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A44A
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 56%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -10.69, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 47.60, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0322 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.113 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6608, 35.3711, 11.6894)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A44A #4A4EA8

analogous

#A8754A #A8A44A #7DA84A

triadic

#A8A44A #4AA8A4 #A44AA8

tetradic

#A8A44A #4AA875 #4A4EA8 #A84A7D

square

#A8A44A #4AA875 #4A4EA8 #A84A7D

split-complementary

#A8A44A #4A7DA8 #754AA8

monochromatic

#535125 #7E7B37 #A8A44A #C0BC6F #D2D09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A8A44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A44A

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A44A	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)

#B09E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.113 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be80',
    500: '#a8a44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a44a;
$custom-light: #c4be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70351,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A44A

secondary

#8F91BF

accent

#5ECF59

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A44A

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

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