#A8A17C#A8A17C

#A8A17C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.052 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A17C
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 124)
HSL	hsl(50, 20%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 26%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 26.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -3.52, 20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 20.53, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0077 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.052 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5315, 35.2705, 24.1590)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A17C #7C83A8

analogous

#A88B7C #A8A17C #99A87C

triadic

#A8A17C #7CA8A1 #A17CA8

tetradic

#A8A17C #7CA88B #7C83A8 #A87C99

square

#A8A17C #7CA88B #7C83A8 #A87C99

split-complementary

#A8A17C #7C99A8 #8B7CA8

monochromatic

#666044 #8B835C #A8A17C #C0BBA1 #D9D6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A8A17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A8A17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A17C

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A17C	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89F7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.052 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bca2',
    500: '#a8a17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a17c;
$custom-light: #c2bca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 20.183,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70532,
    "c": 0.05181,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A17C

secondary

#B7BAC9

accent

#78BD6B

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120F

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A17C

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

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