#A8A544#A8A544

#A8A544 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.119 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A544
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 59.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -11.68, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 50.78, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0357 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.119 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6479, 35.6534, 10.7351)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A544 #4447A8

analogous

#A87344 #A8A544 #79A844

triadic

#A8A544 #44A8A5 #A544A8

tetradic

#A8A544 #44A873 #4447A8 #A84479

square

#A8A544 #44A873 #4447A8 #A84479

split-complementary

#A8A544 #4479A8 #7344A8

monochromatic

#514F21 #7C7A32 #A8A544 #C2BF68 #D3D193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#A8A544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A544

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A544	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.119 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf7c',
    500: '#a8a544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a544;
$custom-light: #c4bf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70505,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A544

secondary

#898BBF

accent

#59D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A544

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

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