#A8A460#A8A460

#A8A460 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.090 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A460
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 96)
HSL	hsl(57, 29%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 42.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -8.62, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 36.74, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.024 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.09 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5358, 35.7211, 16.2977)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A460 #6064A8

analogous

#A88060 #A8A460 #88A860

triadic

#A8A460 #60A8A4 #A460A8

tetradic

#A8A460 #60A880 #6064A8 #A86088

square

#A8A460 #60A880 #6064A8 #A86088

split-complementary

#A8A460 #6088A8 #8060A8

monochromatic

#5C5932 #838048 #A8A460 #BEBB88 #D3D1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#A8A460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A460

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A460	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)

#AF9F5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.090 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be8e',
    500: '#a8a460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a460;
$custom-light: #c3be8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 29.268,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70653,
    "c": 0.0897,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A460

secondary

#A2A4C2

accent

#68C662

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A460

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

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