Right here, in it's full beauty:
Hex #a8a473
#a8a473 is a great light yellow shade for your next project. Scroll down for #a8a473 color information, color shades and color usage information.
Save this color
Create account or Log in to save color schemes.
It's completely free.
#a8a473 Conversion table
Category |
yellow (light yellow) |
|---|---|
HEX |
#a8a473 copy to clipboard |
RGB |
R 168 G 164 B 115 copy to clipboard |
HSL |
H 55.47 S 0.23 L 0.55 |
CMYK |
C 0% M 2% Y 21% K 34% |
| Usage of yellow | The color #a8a473 is a great light shade. Is it suitable for text, buttons or backgrounds? Read usage recommendations ... |
More about this color
#a8a473 Conversion and Usage
Conversion results of this color to RGB, CMYK and HSL. Usage Recommendations on the right.
#a8a473 to RGB conversion
| Red | 168 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Green | 164 |
|
| Blue | 115 |
|
CSS code:
color: rgb(168,
164,
115); // for css text color
background-color: rgb(168,
164,
115); // for css background-color
#a8a473 to CMYK conversion
| Cyan | Magenta | Yellow | Black |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 % | 1.57 % | 20.78 % | 34.12 % |
#a8a473 to HSL conversion
| Hue | Saturation | Lightness |
|---|---|---|
| 55.472 | 0.23 | 0.55 |
CSS code:
color: hsl(55.5,
23%,
55%);
HSL is supported in all major browsers!
Usage of #a8a473
Recommendations for light backgrounds in respect of a good contrast.
| Usage for Text: | not recommended (low contrast) |
| Usage for headings: | not recommended (low contrast) |
| Usage as fill color: | recommended |
| Usage for buttons: | watch out for enough contrast |
As a rather light shade, this color can very well be used as a fill/background, also to bigger elements. If there is no obvious reason, we do not recommend using it as text-color on white backgrounds (low contrast gives bad accessability-rating). Some usage-examples for #a8a473
Tints and Shades of #a8a473
Tints of #a8a473 |
Shades of #a8a473 |
||
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
The actual color |
|
The actual color |
|
|
5% lighter |
|
5% darker |
|
|
10% lighter |
|
10% darker |
|
|
15% lighter |
|
15% darker |
Color Examples: This is a yellow Heading in #a8a473
This shows how text with the hex-color #a8a473 would look on a white background. Because of the lightness of the color this color is not recommended to be used as font-color. However, if you know what you are doing, feel free to use this color for anything you think it would be nice :-)!
Be picky and fine tune your color: colors very near to #a8a473
Yellow Color Scheme based on #a8a473
Explore more color schemes with our free color scheme generator.
Yellow Webdesign Color Scheme based on #a8a473
This Color Scheme Generator is an algorithm written by colorbook.io in cooperation with professional webdesigners. It takes one color as input and tries to find the best co-colors to be used in a modern web design as a color scheme. Open the generator here: Color Scheme Generator.
Download #a8a473 Color Cards
Download PNG colorcards for quick usage in your wireframe, prototype or moodboard.
Get your custom sized color card with this color here.
This exact color has been opened 10 times.
