#A8A645#A8A645

#A8A645 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.119 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A645
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 58.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -12.13, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 50.75, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0369 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.119 108)
XYZ	xyz(30.8598, 36.0278, 10.9575)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A645 #4547A8

analogous

#A87545 #A8A645 #79A845

triadic

#A8A645 #45A8A6 #A645A8

tetradic

#A8A645 #45A875 #4547A8 #A84579

square

#A8A645 #45A875 #4547A8 #A84579

split-complementary

#A8A645 #4579A8 #7545A8

monochromatic

#515021 #7D7B33 #A8A645 #C1C069 #D3D294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A8A645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A645

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A645	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.119 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c07d',
    500: '#a8a645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a645;
$custom-light: #c4c07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70737,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.36027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A645

secondary

#8A8BBF

accent

#59D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A645

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

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