#A8A464#A8A464

#A8A464 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.085 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A464
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 100)
HSL	hsl(56, 28%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 40.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -8.18, 33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 34.68, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0224 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.085 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7247, 35.7966, 17.2924)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A464 #6468A8

analogous

#A88264 #A8A464 #8AA864

triadic

#A8A464 #64A8A4 #A464A8

tetradic

#A8A464 #64A882 #6468A8 #A8648A

square

#A8A464 #64A882 #6468A8 #A8648A

split-complementary

#A8A464 #648AA8 #8264A8

monochromatic

#5D5B34 #84814A #A8A464 #BEBB8B #D4D2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#A8A464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A464

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A464	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)

#AEA05F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.085 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be91',
    500: '#a8a464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a464;
$custom-light: #c3be91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 28.099,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70718,
    "c": 0.08508,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A464

secondary

#A5A7C3

accent

#69C463

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A464

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

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