#A8A778#A8A778

#A8A778 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.064 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A778
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 22%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 29%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 28.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -7.30, 24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 25.58, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0187 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.064 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3574, 37.3189, 23.2117)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A778 #7879A8

analogous

#A88F78 #A8A778 #91A878

triadic

#A8A778 #78A8A7 #A778A8

tetradic

#A8A778 #78A88F #7879A8 #A87891

square

#A8A778 #78A88F #7879A8 #A87891

split-complementary

#A8A778 #7891A8 #8F78A8

monochromatic

#656441 #8A8959 #A8A778 #C0BF9D #D8D8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#A8A778 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A778

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A778	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A57A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.064 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c19f',
    500: '#a8a778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a778;
$custom-light: #c2c19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 21.622,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71739,
    "c": 0.06422,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A778

secondary

#B4B4C8

accent

#6BBE6A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A778

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

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