#A8A44E#A8A44E

#A8A44E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.109 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A44E
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 53.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -10.36, 44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 45.71, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0308 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.109 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7999, 35.4267, 12.4218)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A44E #4E52A8

analogous

#A8774E #A8A44E #7FA84E

triadic

#A8A44E #4EA8A4 #A44EA8

tetradic

#A8A44E #4EA877 #4E52A8 #A84E7F

square

#A8A44E #4EA877 #4E52A8 #A84E7F

split-complementary

#A8A44E #4E7FA8 #774EA8

monochromatic

#545227 #7E7B3B #A8A44E #BFBB75 #D2D09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A8A44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A44E

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A44E	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.109 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be82',
    500: '#a8a44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a44e;
$custom-light: #c4be82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70399,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A44E

secondary

#9395BF

accent

#60CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A44E

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

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