#A8A477#A8A477

#A8A477 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.062 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A477
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 119)
HSL	hsl(55, 22%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 29%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 29.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -5.83, 23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 24.64, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0145 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.062 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7539, 36.2083, 22.7127)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A477 #777BA8

analogous

#A88C77 #A8A477 #94A877

triadic

#A8A477 #77A8A4 #A477A8

tetradic

#A8A477 #77A88C #777BA8 #A87794

square

#A8A477 #77A88C #777BA8 #A87794

split-complementary

#A8A477 #7794A8 #8C77A8

monochromatic

#646140 #8A8658 #A8A477 #C0BD9C #D8D6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A8A477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A477

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A477	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)

#ACA174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.062 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be9e',
    500: '#a8a477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a477;
$custom-light: #c2be9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 21.973,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7107,
    "c": 0.06177,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A477

secondary

#B3B5C7

accent

#70BE69

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A477

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

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