#A8A975#A8A975

#A8A975 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.071 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A975
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 117)
HSL	hsl(61, 23%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 31%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 30.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -8.76, 26.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 28.19, 108.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.023 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.071 109)
XYZ	xyz(33.5475, 37.9856, 22.3909)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A975 #7675A9

analogous

#A99075 #A8A975 #8EA975

triadic

#A8A975 #75A8A9 #A975A8

tetradic

#A8A975 #75A990 #7675A9 #A9758E

square

#A8A975 #75A990 #7675A9 #A9758E

split-complementary

#A8A975 #758EA9 #9075A9

monochromatic

#64653F #898A56 #A8A975 #C0C09B #D8D8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8A975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#A8A975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A975

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A975	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.071 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c29d',
    500: '#a8a975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a975;
$custom-light: #c2c29d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 23.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72113,
    "c": 0.07061,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.37985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A975

secondary

#B3B2C8

accent

#68C06A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A975

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

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