#A8A77A#A8A77A

#A8A77A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.062 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A77A
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 122)
HSL	hsl(59, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 27%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 27.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -7.02, 23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 24.51, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0178 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.062 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4801, 37.3679, 23.8576)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A77A #7A7BA8

analogous

#A8907A #A8A77A #92A87A

triadic

#A8A77A #7AA8A7 #A77AA8

tetradic

#A8A77A #7AA890 #7A7BA8 #A87A92

square

#A8A77A #7AA890 #7A7BA8 #A87A92

split-complementary

#A8A77A #7A92A8 #907AA8

monochromatic

#656542 #8A895A #A8A77A #C0BF9F #D8D8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A77A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A8A77A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A77A

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A77A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A77A	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)

#AFA377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A57C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a77a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.062 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1a0',
    500: '#a8a77a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a77a;
$custom-light: #c2c1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a77a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 20.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7178,
    "c": 0.06166,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A77A

secondary

#B6B6C8

accent

#6CBD6A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120F

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A77A

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

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