#A8AD46#A8AD46

#A8AD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.126 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AD46
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(63, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 59.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -15.67, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 53.35, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0468 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.126 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1983, 38.6549, 11.5582)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AD46 #4B46AD

analogous

#AD7F46 #A8AD46 #74AD46

triadic

#A8AD46 #46A8AD #AD46A8

tetradic

#A8AD46 #46AD7F #4B46AD #AD4674

square

#A8AD46 #46AD7F #4B46AD #AD4674

split-complementary

#A8AD46 #4674AD #7F46AD

monochromatic

#535623 #7E8134 #A8AD46 #BFC46C #D2D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A8AD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A8AD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AD46

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AD46	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.126 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c57e',
    500: '#a8ad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ad46;
$custom-light: #c4c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.913,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72304,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AD46

secondary

#908DC1

accent

#56D25C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AD46

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

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