#A8A45E#A8A45E

#A8A45E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.092 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A45E
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 30%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 44%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -8.84, 36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 37.77, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0248 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.092 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4449, 35.6847, 15.8189)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A45E #5E62A8

analogous

#A87F5E #A8A45E #87A85E

triadic

#A8A45E #5EA8A4 #A45EA8

tetradic

#A8A45E #5EA87F #5E62A8 #A85E87

square

#A8A45E #5EA87F #5E62A8 #A85E87

split-complementary

#A8A45E #5E87A8 #7F5EA8

monochromatic

#5B5831 #827F46 #A8A45E #BDBA86 #D3D1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#A8A45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A45E

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A45E	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.092 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be8d',
    500: '#a8a45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a45e;
$custom-light: #c3be8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 29.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70622,
    "c": 0.09195,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A45E

secondary

#A1A2C1

accent

#67C662

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A45E

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

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