#A8A574#A8A574

#A8A574 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.067 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A574
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 116)
HSL	hsl(57, 23%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 31%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 31%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -6.76, 25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 26.73, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0173 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.067 105)
XYZ	xyz(32.7562, 36.4967, 21.8386)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A574 #7477A8

analogous

#A88B74 #A8A574 #91A874

triadic

#A8A574 #74A8A5 #A574A8

tetradic

#A8A574 #74A88B #7477A8 #A87491

square

#A8A574 #74A88B #7477A8 #A87491

split-complementary

#A8A574 #7491A8 #8B74A8

monochromatic

#63613E #898656 #A8A574 #C0BD9A #D7D6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A574 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#A8A574 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A574

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A574	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A574	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a574;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.067 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bf9c',
    500: '#a8a574',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a574;
$custom-light: #c2bf9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a574",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 23.009,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71226,
    "c": 0.06681,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.36496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A574

secondary

#B1B2C7

accent

#6DBF68

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A574

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

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