#A8A476#A8A476

#A8A476 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.063 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A476
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 118)
HSL	hsl(55, 22%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 29.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -5.96, 24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 25.17, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0149 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.063 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6941, 36.1844, 22.3980)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A476 #767AA8

analogous

#A88B76 #A8A476 #93A876

triadic

#A8A476 #76A8A4 #A476A8

tetradic

#A8A476 #76A88B #767AA8 #A87693

square

#A8A476 #76A88B #767AA8 #A87693

split-complementary

#A8A476 #7693A8 #8B76A8

monochromatic

#646140 #898557 #A8A476 #C0BD9B #D8D6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A476 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A8A476 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A476

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A476	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A476	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a476;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.063 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be9e',
    500: '#a8a476',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a476;
$custom-light: #c2be9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a476",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 22.321,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7105,
    "c": 0.06305,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A476

secondary

#B3B4C7

accent

#70BF69

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A476

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

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