#A8A779#A8A779

#A8A779 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.063 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A779
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 28%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 28%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -7.16, 24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 25.04, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0182 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.063 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4184, 37.3433, 23.5330)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A779 #797AA8

analogous

#A89079 #A8A779 #92A879

triadic

#A8A779 #79A8A7 #A779A8

tetradic

#A8A779 #79A890 #797AA8 #A87992

square

#A8A779 #79A890 #797AA8 #A87992

split-complementary

#A8A779 #7992A8 #9079A8

monochromatic

#656442 #8A895A #A8A779 #C0BF9E #D8D8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A8A779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A779

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A779	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A57B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.063 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1a0',
    500: '#a8a779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a779;
$custom-light: #c2c1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 21.267,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71759,
    "c": 0.06294,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A779

secondary

#B5B5C8

accent

#6CBE6A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A779

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

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