#A8A545#A8A545

#A8A545 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.118 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A545
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 58.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -11.60, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 50.33, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0354 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.118 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6787, 35.6657, 10.8972)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A545 #4548A8

analogous

#A87445 #A8A545 #7AA845

triadic

#A8A545 #45A8A5 #A545A8

tetradic

#A8A545 #45A874 #4548A8 #A8457A

square

#A8A545 #45A874 #4548A8 #A8457A

split-complementary

#A8A545 #457AA8 #7445A8

monochromatic

#515021 #7D7A33 #A8A545 #C1BF69 #D3D194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#A8A545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A545

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A545	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)

#B29F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.118 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf7c',
    500: '#a8a545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a545;
$custom-light: #c4bf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70516,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A545

secondary

#8A8CBF

accent

#5AD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A545

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

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