#A8A549#A8A549

#A8A549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.115 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A549
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 56.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -11.30, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 48.50, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.034 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.115 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8071, 35.7170, 11.5733)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A549 #494CA8

analogous

#A87549 #A8A549 #7CA849

triadic

#A8A549 #49A8A5 #A549A8

tetradic

#A8A549 #49A875 #494CA8 #A8497C

square

#A8A549 #49A875 #494CA8 #A8497C

split-complementary

#A8A549 #497CA8 #7549A8

monochromatic

#535124 #7D7B36 #A8A549 #C0BD6E #D3D199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#A8A549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A549

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A549	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.115 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf7f',
    500: '#a8a549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a549;
$custom-light: #c4bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.105,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7056,
    "c": 0.11464,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A549

secondary

#8E8FBF

accent

#5CCF58

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A549

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

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