#A8A74E#A8A74E

#A8A74E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.112 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A74E
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 53.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -11.93, 45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 47.02, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0353 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.112 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3431, 36.5131, 12.6029)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A74E #4E4FA8

analogous

#A87A4E #A8A74E #7CA84E

triadic

#A8A74E #4EA8A7 #A74EA8

tetradic

#A8A74E #4EA87A #4E4FA8 #A84E7C

square

#A8A74E #4EA87A #4E4FA8 #A84E7C

split-complementary

#A8A74E #4E7CA8 #7A4EA8

monochromatic

#545427 #7E7D3B #A8A74E #BFBE75 #D2D29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#A8A74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A74E

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A74E	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)

#B3A145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.112 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c182',
    500: '#a8a74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a74e;
$custom-light: #c4c182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71061,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A74E

secondary

#9393BF

accent

#5CCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A74E

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

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