#A8A461#A8A461

#A8A461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.089 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A461
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 29%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 42.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -8.51, 35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 36.23, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0236 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.089 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5822, 35.7396, 16.5417)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A461 #6165A8

analogous

#A88161 #A8A461 #89A861

triadic

#A8A461 #61A8A4 #A461A8

tetradic

#A8A461 #61A881 #6165A8 #A86189

square

#A8A461 #61A881 #6165A8 #A86189

split-complementary

#A8A461 #6189A8 #8161A8

monochromatic

#5C5A33 #838048 #A8A461 #BEBB88 #D3D1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A8A461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A461

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A461	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.089 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be8f',
    500: '#a8a461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a461;
$custom-light: #c3be8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 28.98,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70669,
    "c": 0.08856,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A461

secondary

#A3A5C2

accent

#68C563

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A461

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

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