#A8A466#A8A466

#A8A466 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.083 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A466
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 28%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 39%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 39.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -7.96, 32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 33.64, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0216 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.083 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8227, 35.8358, 17.8084)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A466 #666AA8

analogous

#A88366 #A8A466 #8BA866

triadic

#A8A466 #66A8A4 #A466A8

tetradic

#A8A466 #66A883 #666AA8 #A8668B

square

#A8A466 #66A883 #666AA8 #A8668B

split-complementary

#A8A466 #668BA8 #8366A8

monochromatic

#5E5C36 #85824C #A8A466 #BEBB8D #D4D2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A466 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A8A466 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A466

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A466	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A466	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a466;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.083 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be92',
    500: '#a8a466',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a466;
$custom-light: #c3be92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a466",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 27.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70751,
    "c": 0.08274,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A466

secondary

#A7A8C3

accent

#6AC464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A466

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

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