#A8A468#A8A468

#A8A468 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.080 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A468
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 104)
HSL	hsl(56, 27%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 38%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 38.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -7.72, 31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 32.59, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0208 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.08 105)
XYZ	xyz(31.9231, 35.8760, 18.3371)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A468 #686CA8

analogous

#A88468 #A8A468 #8CA868

triadic

#A8A468 #68A8A4 #A468A8

tetradic

#A8A468 #68A884 #686CA8 #A8688C

square

#A8A468 #68A884 #686CA8 #A8688C

split-complementary

#A8A468 #688CA8 #8468A8

monochromatic

#5F5C37 #86824D #A8A468 #BEBB8F #D5D3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A468 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A8A468 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A468

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A468	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A468	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)

#AEA064

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a468;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.080 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be94',
    500: '#a8a468',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a468;
$custom-light: #c3be94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a468",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 26.891,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70786,
    "c": 0.08037,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.35875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A468

secondary

#A8AAC4

accent

#6AC365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A468

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

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