#A8A669#A8A669

#A8A669 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.082 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A669
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 105)
HSL	hsl(58, 27%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 38%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 37.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -8.67, 31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 33.02, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0234 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.082 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3349, 36.6179, 18.7265)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A669 #696BA8

analogous

#A88669 #A8A669 #8AA869

triadic

#A8A669 #69A8A6 #A669A8

tetradic

#A8A669 #69A886 #696BA8 #A8698A

square

#A8A669 #69A886 #696BA8 #A8698A

split-complementary

#A8A669 #698AA8 #8669A8

monochromatic

#5F5E37 #86844E #A8A669 #BEBD90 #D5D4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A669 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A8A669 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A669

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A669	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A669	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A46C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a669;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.082 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c094',
    500: '#a8a669',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a669;
$custom-light: #c3c094;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a669",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 26.582,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71239,
    "c": 0.08156,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A669

secondary

#A9AAC4

accent

#68C365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12120D

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A669

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

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