#A8A46A#A8A46A

#A8A46A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.078 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A46A
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 26%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 36.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -7.49, 30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 31.54, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0199 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.078 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0258, 35.9171, 18.8785)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A46A #6A6EA8

analogous

#A8856A #A8A46A #8DA86A

triadic

#A8A46A #6AA8A4 #A46AA8

tetradic

#A8A46A #6AA885 #6A6EA8 #A86A8D

square

#A8A46A #6AA885 #6A6EA8 #A86A8D

split-complementary

#A8A46A #6A8DA8 #856AA8

monochromatic

#605D38 #86834E #A8A46A #BFBC91 #D5D3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A46A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A8A46A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A46A

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A46A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A46A	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA066

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a46a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.078 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be95',
    500: '#a8a46a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a46a;
$custom-light: #c3be95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a46a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 26.271,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70821,
    "c": 0.07797,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A46A

secondary

#AAABC4

accent

#6BC365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120D

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A46A

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

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