#A8A75E#A8A75E

#A8A75E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.095 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A75E
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 30%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 44%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -10.42, 37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 39.16, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0293 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.095 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9881, 36.7711, 16.0000)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A75E #5E5FA8

analogous

#A8825E #A8A75E #84A85E

triadic

#A8A75E #5EA8A7 #A75EA8

tetradic

#A8A75E #5EA882 #5E5FA8 #A85E84

square

#A8A75E #5EA882 #5E5FA8 #A85E84

split-complementary

#A8A75E #5E84A8 #825EA8

monochromatic

#5B5A31 #828246 #A8A75E #BDBD86 #D3D2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A75E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#A8A75E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A75E

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A75E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A75E	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a75e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.095 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c18d',
    500: '#a8a75e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a75e;
$custom-light: #c3c18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a75e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 29.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71279,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A75E

secondary

#A1A1C1

accent

#63C662

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A75E

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

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