#A8A970#A8A970

#A8A970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.077 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A970
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(61, 25%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 34%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 33.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -9.40, 29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 30.83, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0251 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.077 109)
XYZ	xyz(33.2613, 37.8712, 20.8838)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A970 #7170A9

analogous

#A98E70 #A8A970 #8BA970

triadic

#A8A970 #70A8A9 #A970A8

tetradic

#A8A970 #70A98E #7170A9 #A9708B

square

#A8A970 #70A98E #7170A9 #A9708B

split-complementary

#A8A970 #708BA9 #8E70A9

monochromatic

#62633C #888953 #A8A970 #BFC096 #D7D7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#A8A970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A970

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A970	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A46C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.077 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c299',
    500: '#a8a970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a970;
$custom-light: #c2c299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.053,
    "s": 24.891,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72019,
    "c": 0.07683,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.37871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A970

secondary

#AFAEC6

accent

#66C168

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A970

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

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