#A8A78D#A8A78D

#A8A78D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.036 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A78D
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 141)
HSL	hsl(58, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 16%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 16.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -4.18, 13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 14.24, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0097 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.036 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7745, 37.8857, 30.6749)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A78D #8D8EA8

analogous

#A8998D #A8A78D #9BA88D

triadic

#A8A78D #8DA8A7 #A78DA8

tetradic

#A8A78D #8DA899 #8D8EA8 #A88D9B

square

#A8A78D #8DA899 #8D8EA8 #A88D9B

split-complementary

#A8A78D #8D9BA8 #998DA8

monochromatic

#6A6951 #8D8B6B #A8A78D #C2C2B0 #DDDDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A78D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#A8A78D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A78D

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A78D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A78D	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA58B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA68E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a78d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.036 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1ae',
    500: '#a8a78d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a78d;
$custom-light: #c2c1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a78d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 13.433,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7221,
    "c": 0.03638,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A78D

secondary

#C3C4CE

accent

#51984E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A78D

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

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