#A8A75B#A8A75B

#A8A75B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.099 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A75B
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 31%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 45.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -10.73, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 40.67, 105.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0305 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.099 108)
XYZ	xyz(31.8561, 36.7183, 15.3047)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A75B #5B5CA8

analogous

#A8805B #A8A75B #82A85B

triadic

#A8A75B #5BA8A7 #A75BA8

tetradic

#A8A75B #5BA880 #5B5CA8 #A85B82

square

#A8A75B #5BA880 #5B5CA8 #A85B82

split-complementary

#A8A75B #5B82A8 #805BA8

monochromatic

#59592F #818045 #A8A75B #BDBC83 #D2D2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A75B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#A8A75B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A75B

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A75B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A75B	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a75b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.099 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c18b',
    500: '#a8a75b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a75b;
$custom-light: #c3c18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a75b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.221,
    "s": 30.677,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71234,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.36718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A75B

secondary

#9E9FC0

accent

#62C761

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A75B

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

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