#A8A679#A8A679

#A8A679 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.062 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A679
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 28%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 28%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -6.63, 23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 24.54, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0167 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.062 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2360, 36.9783, 23.4721)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A679 #797BA8

analogous

#A88F79 #A8A679 #93A879

triadic

#A8A679 #79A8A6 #A679A8

tetradic

#A8A679 #79A88F #797BA8 #A87993

square

#A8A679 #79A88F #797BA8 #A87993

split-complementary

#A8A679 #7993A8 #8F79A8

monochromatic

#656442 #8A885A #A8A679 #C0BF9E #D8D7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A8A679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A679

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A679	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA57B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.062 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c0a0',
    500: '#a8a679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a679;
$custom-light: #c2c0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 21.267,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71543,
    "c": 0.06167,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A679

secondary

#B5B6C8

accent

#6EBE6A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A679

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

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