#A8A463#A8A463

#A8A463 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.086 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A463
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 99)
HSL	hsl(57, 28%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 41.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -8.29, 34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 35.20, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0228 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.086 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6766, 35.7774, 17.0390)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A463 #6367A8

analogous

#A88263 #A8A463 #89A863

triadic

#A8A463 #63A8A4 #A463A8

tetradic

#A8A463 #63A882 #6367A8 #A86389

square

#A8A463 #63A882 #6367A8 #A86389

split-complementary

#A8A463 #6389A8 #8263A8

monochromatic

#5D5A34 #84814A #A8A463 #BEBB8A #D4D2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#A8A463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A463

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A463	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.086 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be90',
    500: '#a8a463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a463;
$custom-light: #c3be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 28.395,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70701,
    "c": 0.08625,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A463

secondary

#A4A6C2

accent

#69C563

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A463

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

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