#A8A666#A8A666

#A8A666 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.085 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A666
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 102)
HSL	hsl(58, 28%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 39%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 39.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -9.02, 33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 34.58, 105.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0246 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.085 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1834, 36.5573, 17.9287)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A666 #6668A8

analogous

#A88566 #A8A666 #89A866

triadic

#A8A666 #66A8A6 #A666A8

tetradic

#A8A666 #66A885 #6668A8 #A86689

square

#A8A666 #66A885 #6668A8 #A86689

split-complementary

#A8A666 #6689A8 #8566A8

monochromatic

#5E5D36 #85834C #A8A666 #BEBD8D #D4D3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#A8A666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A666

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A666	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.085 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c092',
    500: '#a8a666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a666;
$custom-light: #c3c092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 27.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71187,
    "c": 0.08511,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A666

secondary

#A7A7C3

accent

#67C464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A666

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

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