#A8AF4E#A8AF4E

#A8AF4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.121 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AF4E
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 78)
HSL	hsl(64, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 55.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -16.07, 48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 50.65, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.047 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.121 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8543, 39.5354, 13.1066)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AF4E #554EAF

analogous

#AF864E #A8AF4E #78AF4E

triadic

#A8AF4E #4EA8AF #AF4EA8

tetradic

#A8AF4E #4EAF86 #554EAF #AF4E78

square

#A8AF4E #4EAF86 #554EAF #AF4E78

split-complementary

#A8AF4E #4E78AF #864EAF

monochromatic

#575A28 #7F853B #A8AF4E #BDC378 #D2D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A8AF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#A8AF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AF4E

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AF4E	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)

#BBA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8af4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.121 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c683',
    500: '#a8af4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8af4e;
$custom-light: #c4c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8af4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.33,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72838,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AF4E

secondary

#9996C3

accent

#5ACE62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AF4E

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

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