#A8A44D#A8A44D

#A8A44D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.110 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A44D
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 54.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -10.44, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 46.18, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0312 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.11 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7643, 35.4125, 12.2345)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A44D #4D51A8

analogous

#A8774D #A8A44D #7EA84D

triadic

#A8A44D #4DA8A4 #A44DA8

tetradic

#A8A44D #4DA877 #4D51A8 #A84D7E

square

#A8A44D #4DA877 #4D51A8 #A84D7E

split-complementary

#A8A44D #4D7EA8 #774DA8

monochromatic

#545227 #7E7B3A #A8A44D #BFBC73 #D2D09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A8A44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A44D

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A44D	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)

#B09E45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.110 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be81',
    500: '#a8a44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a44d;
$custom-light: #c4be81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.363,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70387,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A44D

secondary

#9294BF

accent

#60CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A44D

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

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