#A8A450#A8A450

#A8A450 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.107 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A450
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 52.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -10.19, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 44.74, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0301 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.107 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8727, 35.4558, 12.8052)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A450 #5054A8

analogous

#A87850 #A8A450 #80A850

triadic

#A8A450 #50A8A4 #A450A8

tetradic

#A8A450 #50A878 #5054A8 #A85080

square

#A8A450 #50A878 #5054A8 #A85080

split-complementary

#A8A450 #5080A8 #7850A8

monochromatic

#555329 #7F7C3C #A8A450 #BEBB77 #D2D0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A8A450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A450

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A450	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)

#B09F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.107 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be83',
    500: '#a8a450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a450;
$custom-light: #c4be83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70424,
    "c": 0.10681,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A450

secondary

#9597BF

accent

#61CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A450

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

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