#A8A772#A8A772

#A8A772 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.072 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A772
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 24%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 32%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 32.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -8.09, 27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 28.77, 106.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0212 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.072 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0047, 37.1778, 21.3537)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A772 #7273A8

analogous

#A88C72 #A8A772 #8EA872

triadic

#A8A772 #72A8A7 #A772A8

tetradic

#A8A772 #72A88C #7273A8 #A8728E

square

#A8A772 #72A88C #7273A8 #A8728E

split-complementary

#A8A772 #728EA8 #8C72A8

monochromatic

#63623D #898854 #A8A772 #BFBF98 #D7D6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#A8A772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A772

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A772	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A36E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.072 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c19b',
    500: '#a8a772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a772;
$custom-light: #c2c19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 23.684,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71621,
    "c": 0.07181,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A772

secondary

#B0B0C6

accent

#69C068

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A772

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

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