#A8A649#A8A649

#A8A649 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.116 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A649
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 56.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -11.82, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 48.93, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0355 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.116 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9881, 36.0792, 11.6337)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A649 #494BA8

analogous

#A87749 #A8A649 #7AA849

triadic

#A8A649 #49A8A6 #A649A8

tetradic

#A8A649 #49A877 #494BA8 #A8497A

square

#A8A649 #49A877 #494BA8 #A8497A

split-complementary

#A8A649 #497AA8 #7749A8

monochromatic

#535224 #7D7C36 #A8A649 #C0BE6E #D3D199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A8A649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A649

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A649	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.116 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c07f',
    500: '#a8a649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a649;
$custom-light: #c4c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.737,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70781,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A649

secondary

#8E8FBF

accent

#5BCF58

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A649

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

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