#A8A44B#A8A44B

#A8A44B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.112 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A44B
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 75)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 55.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -10.61, 45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 47.13, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0319 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.112 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6948, 35.3847, 11.8683)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A44B #4B4FA8

analogous

#A8754B #A8A44B #7EA84B

triadic

#A8A44B #4BA8A4 #A44BA8

tetradic

#A8A44B #4BA875 #4B4FA8 #A84B7E

square

#A8A44B #4BA875 #4B4FA8 #A84B7E

split-complementary

#A8A44B #4B7EA8 #754BA8

monochromatic

#535125 #7E7B38 #A8A44B #BFBC71 #D2D09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A8A44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A44B

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A44B	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.112 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be80',
    500: '#a8a44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a44b;
$custom-light: #c4be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.419,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70363,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A44B

secondary

#9092BF

accent

#5FCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A44B

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

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