#A8A080#A8A080

#A8A080 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.045 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A080
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 128)
HSL	hsl(48, 19%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 24%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 23.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -2.40, 17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 17.93, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0045 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.045 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6156, 35.0256, 25.4604)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A080 #8088A8

analogous

#A88C80 #A8A080 #9CA880

triadic

#A8A080 #80A8A0 #A080A8

tetradic

#A8A080 #80A88C #8088A8 #A8809C

square

#A8A080 #80A88C #8088A8 #A8809C

split-complementary

#A8A080 #809CA8 #8C80A8

monochromatic

#676147 #8B835F #A8A080 #C1BBA4 #DAD6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A8A080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A080

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A080	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.045 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bca5',
    500: '#a8a080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a080;
$custom-light: #c2bca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 18.692,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70408,
    "c": 0.04549,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A080

secondary

#BABDCA

accent

#7CBB6C

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A080

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

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