#A8A577#A8A577

#A8A577 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.063 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A577
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 119)
HSL	hsl(56, 22%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 29%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 29.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -6.36, 24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 25.12, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.016 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.063 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9335, 36.5676, 22.7725)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A577 #777AA8

analogous

#A88D77 #A8A577 #93A877

triadic

#A8A577 #77A8A5 #A577A8

tetradic

#A8A577 #77A88D #777AA8 #A87793

square

#A8A577 #77A88D #777AA8 #A87793

split-complementary

#A8A577 #7793A8 #8D77A8

monochromatic

#646240 #8A8758 #A8A577 #C0BE9C #D8D6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#A8A577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A577

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A577	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.063 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bf9e',
    500: '#a8a577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a577;
$custom-light: #c2bf9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 21.973,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71286,
    "c": 0.06299,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A577

secondary

#B3B5C7

accent

#6FBE69

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A577

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

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