#A8A74C#A8A74C

#A8A74C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.114 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A74C
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 76)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 54.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -12.10, 46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 47.96, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.036 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.114 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2725, 36.4849, 12.2310)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A74C #4C4DA8

analogous

#A8794C #A8A74C #7BA84C

triadic

#A8A74C #4CA8A7 #A74CA8

tetradic

#A8A74C #4CA879 #4C4DA8 #A84C7B

square

#A8A74C #4CA879 #4C4DA8 #A84C7B

split-complementary

#A8A74C #4C7BA8 #794CA8

monochromatic

#545326 #7E7D39 #A8A74C #BFBE72 #D2D29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#A8A74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A74C

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A74C	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.114 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c181',
    500: '#a8a74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a74c;
$custom-light: #c4c181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.348,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71037,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A74C

secondary

#9191BF

accent

#5BCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A74C

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

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