#A8A478#A8A478

#A8A478 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.060 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A478
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 22%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 29%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 28.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -5.69, 23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 24.10, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0141 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.06 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8142, 36.2324, 23.0306)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A478 #787CA8

analogous

#A88C78 #A8A478 #94A878

triadic

#A8A478 #78A8A4 #A478A8

tetradic

#A8A478 #78A88C #787CA8 #A87894

square

#A8A478 #78A88C #787CA8 #A87894

split-complementary

#A8A478 #7894A8 #8C78A8

monochromatic

#656241 #8A8659 #A8A478 #C0BD9D #D8D6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A8A478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A478

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A478	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.060 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2be9f',
    500: '#a8a478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a478;
$custom-light: #c2be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 21.622,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7109,
    "c": 0.06049,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A478

secondary

#B4B6C8

accent

#71BE6A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A478

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

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