#A8A186#A8A186

#A8A186 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.039 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A186
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 134)
HSL	hsl(48, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 20.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -2.04, 15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 15.13, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0035 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.039 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1963, 35.5364, 27.6601)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A186 #868DA8

analogous

#A89086 #A8A186 #9EA886

triadic

#A8A186 #86A8A1 #A186A8

tetradic

#A8A186 #86A890 #868DA8 #A8869E

square

#A8A186 #86A890 #868DA8 #A8869E

split-complementary

#A8A186 #869EA8 #9086A8

monochromatic

#68624B #8C8465 #A8A186 #C2BDAA #DBD8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#A8A186 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A186

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A186	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79F84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.039 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bca9',
    500: '#a8a186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a186;
$custom-light: #c2bca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 16.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70761,
    "c": 0.03865,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A186

secondary

#BEC1CC

accent

#7EB96F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A186

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

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