#A8A46D#A8A46D

#A8A46D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.074 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A46D
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 25%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 35.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -7.12, 29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 29.96, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0187 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.074 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1846, 35.9806, 19.7146)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A46D #6D71A8

analogous

#A8876D #A8A46D #8FA86D

triadic

#A8A46D #6DA8A4 #A46DA8

tetradic

#A8A46D #6DA887 #6D71A8 #A86D8F

square

#A8A46D #6DA887 #6D71A8 #A86D8F

split-complementary

#A8A46D #6D8FA8 #876DA8

monochromatic

#615E3A #878451 #A8A46D #BFBC93 #D6D4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A8A46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A46D

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A46D	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA36F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.074 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be97',
    500: '#a8a46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a46d;
$custom-light: #c3be97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 25.322,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70875,
    "c": 0.07431,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A46D

secondary

#ACAEC5

accent

#6CC266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120D

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A46D

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

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