All About Color #A8A78A

#A8A78A

About #A8A78A

#A8A78A is a light yellow color with the hex code #A8A78A. In RGB it is red 168, green 167, blue 138; in HSL it is hue 58°, saturation 15%, lightness 60%; in CMYK it is 0%, 1%, 18%, 34%. Its contrast ratio is 2.45:1 on white and 8.56:1 on black.

#A8A78A Color Conversion

Hex tripletA8, A7, 8A
CMYK0.00%, 0.60%, 17.86%, 34.12%
RGB Decimal168, 167, 138
HSL58°, 15%, 60%
RGB Octal250, 247, 212
HSV (HSB)58.00°, 17.86%, 65.88%
RGB Binary10101000, 10100111, 10001010
CIE-L*AB67.87, -4.66, 15.16
RGB Percent65.88%, 65.49%, 54.12%
CIE-L*CH67.87, 15.86, 107.07
XYZ34.55, 37.80, 29.52
CIE-L*UV67.87, 2.18, 21.74
xyY0.34, 0.37, 37.80
Hunter-Lab61.48, -7.26, 14.57
RYB54.52%, 65.88%, 54.12%

Color Accessibility Scores

#A8A78A on a dark background: contrast 8.56:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#A8A78A on a light background: contrast 2.45:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #A8A78A, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#A8A78A · #CFCFBE · #7B7A5B · #8A8BA8 · #BEBFCF

Analogous palette

#A88A8B · #A8988A · #A8A78A · #9AA88A · #8BA88A

Triadic palette

#A8A78A · #8AA8A7 · #A78AA8 · #CFCFBE · #BECFCF

Tetradic palette

#A8A78A · #8AA898 · #8A8BA8 · #A88A9A · #7B7A5B

Monochromatic palette

#585741 · #848362 · #A8A78A · #C9C8B6 · #E9E9E2

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