#A8A978#A8A978

#A8A978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.067 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A978
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(61, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 29%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 29%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -8.36, 25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 26.60, 108.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0217 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.067 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7267, 38.0573, 23.3348)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A978 #7978A9

analogous

#A99278 #A8A978 #90A978

triadic

#A8A978 #78A8A9 #A978A8

tetradic

#A8A978 #78A992 #7978A9 #A97890

square

#A8A978 #78A992 #7978A9 #A97890

split-complementary

#A8A978 #7890A9 #9278A9

monochromatic

#656641 #8A8B59 #A8A978 #C0C19D #D8D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8A978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A8A978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A978

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A978	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.067 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c29f',
    500: '#a8a978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a978;
$custom-light: #c2c29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.224,
    "s": 22.172,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72173,
    "c": 0.06682,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A978

secondary

#B5B4C8

accent

#69BF6B

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A978

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →