#A8AD69#A8AD69

#A8AD69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.090 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AD69
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 105)
HSL	hsl(64, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 39%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 39.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -12.35, 34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 36.49, 109.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0339 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.09 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6421, 39.2324, 19.1622)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AD69 #6E69AD

analogous

#AD9069 #A8AD69 #86AD69

triadic

#A8AD69 #69A8AD #AD69A8

tetradic

#A8AD69 #69AD90 #6E69AD #AD6986

square

#A8AD69 #69AD90 #6E69AD #AD6986

split-complementary

#A8AD69 #6986AD #9069AD

monochromatic

#616537 #888C4D #A8AD69 #BFC391 #D6D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A8AD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#A8AD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AD69

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AD69	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A764

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A96C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ad69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.090 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c595',
    500: '#a8ad69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ad69;
$custom-light: #c3c595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ad69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.412,
    "s": 29.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72773,
    "c": 0.09039,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AD69

secondary

#ADABC7

accent

#62C66A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F1

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AD69

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

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