#A8A64F#A8A64F

#A8A64F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.110 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A64F
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 53%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -11.32, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 46.10, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0335 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.11 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1968, 36.1626, 12.7323)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A64F #4F51A8

analogous

#A8794F #A8A64F #7DA84F

triadic

#A8A64F #4FA8A6 #A64FA8

tetradic

#A8A64F #4FA879 #4F51A8 #A84F7D

square

#A8A64F #4FA879 #4F51A8 #A84F7D

split-complementary

#A8A64F #4F7DA8 #794FA8

monochromatic

#555428 #7E7D3B #A8A64F #BEBD76 #D2D19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A8A64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A64F

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A64F	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)

#B2A047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.110 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c083',
    500: '#a8a64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a64f;
$custom-light: #c4c083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.652,
    "s": 36.032,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70852,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A64F

secondary

#9495BF

accent

#5ECC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A64F

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

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