#A8A083#A8A083

#A8A083 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.042 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A083
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 131)
HSL	hsl(47, 18%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 22%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 22%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -1.95, 16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 16.31, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0032 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.042 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8159, 35.1057, 26.5157)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A083 #838BA8

analogous

#A88D83 #A8A083 #9DA883

triadic

#A8A083 #83A8A0 #A083A8

tetradic

#A8A083 #83A88D #838BA8 #A8839D

square

#A8A083 #83A88D #838BA8 #A8839D

split-complementary

#A8A083 #839DA8 #8D83A8

monochromatic

#686149 #8C8362 #A8A083 #C1BCA7 #DAD7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A083 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A8A083 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A083

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A083	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A083	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a083;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.042 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bca7',
    500: '#a8a083',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a083;
$custom-light: #c2bca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a083",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 17.536,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70478,
    "c": 0.04155,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A083

secondary

#BCBFCB

accent

#7EBA6E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A083

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

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