#A8A646#A8A646

#A8A646 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.118 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A646
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 58.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -12.05, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 50.30, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0365 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.118 108)
XYZ	xyz(30.8911, 36.0403, 11.1224)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A646 #4648A8

analogous

#A87546 #A8A646 #79A846

triadic

#A8A646 #46A8A6 #A646A8

tetradic

#A8A646 #46A875 #4648A8 #A84679

square

#A8A646 #46A875 #4648A8 #A84679

split-complementary

#A8A646 #4679A8 #7546A8

monochromatic

#525122 #7D7B34 #A8A646 #C1BF6A #D3D295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A8A646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A646

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A646	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)

#B3A03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.118 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c07d',
    500: '#a8a646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a646;
$custom-light: #c4c07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70748,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.36039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A646

secondary

#8B8CBF

accent

#59D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A646

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

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