#A8A877#A8A877

#A8A877 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.067 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A877
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 119)
HSL	hsl(60, 22%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 29%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 29.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -7.96, 25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 26.62, 107.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0206 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.067 108)
XYZ	xyz(33.4810, 37.6625, 22.9550)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A877 #7777A8

analogous

#A89077 #A8A877 #90A877

triadic

#A8A877 #77A8A8 #A877A8

tetradic

#A8A877 #77A890 #7777A8 #A87790

square

#A8A877 #77A890 #7777A8 #A87790

split-complementary

#A8A877 #7790A8 #9077A8

monochromatic

#646440 #8A8A58 #A8A877 #C0C09C #D8D8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A8A877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#A8A877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A877

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A877	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.067 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c19e',
    500: '#a8a877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a877;
$custom-light: #c2c19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 21.973,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71935,
    "c": 0.06679,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.37662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A877

secondary

#B3B3C7

accent

#69BE69

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A877

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

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