#A8AE66#A8AE66

#A8AE66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.095 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE66
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 102)
HSL	hsl(65, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 41%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 41.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -13.21, 36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 38.52, 110.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0366 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.095 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6831, 39.5567, 18.4286)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE66 #6C66AE

analogous

#AE9066 #A8AE66 #84AE66

triadic

#A8AE66 #66A8AE #AE66A8

tetradic

#A8AE66 #66AE90 #6C66AE #AE6684

square

#A8AE66 #66AE90 #6C66AE #AE6684

split-complementary

#A8AE66 #6684AE #9066AE

monochromatic

#606435 #878C4A #A8AE66 #BFC38E #D6D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A8AE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#A8AE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE66

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE66	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.095 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c693',
    500: '#a8ae66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae66;
$custom-light: #c3c693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.09516,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE66

secondary

#ABA9C7

accent

#61C769

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F1

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE66

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

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