#A8A64E#A8A64E

#A8A64E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.111 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A64E
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 53.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -11.41, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 46.58, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0338 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.111 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1606, 36.1482, 12.5421)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A64E #4E50A8

analogous

#A8794E #A8A64E #7DA84E

triadic

#A8A64E #4EA8A6 #A64EA8

tetradic

#A8A64E #4EA879 #4E50A8 #A84E7D

square

#A8A64E #4EA879 #4E50A8 #A84E7D

split-complementary

#A8A64E #4E7DA8 #794EA8

monochromatic

#545327 #7E7D3B #A8A64E #BFBD75 #D2D19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A8A64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A64E

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A64E	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.111 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c082',
    500: '#a8a64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a64e;
$custom-light: #c4c082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7084,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A64E

secondary

#9394BF

accent

#5ECD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A64E

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

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