#A8A086#A8A086

#A8A086 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.038 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A086
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 134)
HSL	hsl(46, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 20.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -1.50, 14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 14.70, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0019 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.038 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0222, 35.1883, 27.6021)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A086 #868EA8

analogous

#A88F86 #A8A086 #9FA886

triadic

#A8A086 #86A8A0 #A086A8

tetradic

#A8A086 #86A88F #868EA8 #A8869F

square

#A8A086 #86A88F #868EA8 #A8869F

split-complementary

#A8A086 #869FA8 #8F86A8

monochromatic

#68624B #8C8365 #A8A086 #C2BCAA #DBD8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A8A086 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A8A086 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A086

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A086	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A086	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69F84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a086;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.038 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bca9',
    500: '#a8a086',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a086;
$custom-light: #c2bca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a086",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 16.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70549,
    "c": 0.03761,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A086

secondary

#BEC1CC

accent

#80B96F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A086

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

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