#A8A280#A8A280

#A8A280 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.048 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A280
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 128)
HSL	hsl(51, 19%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 24%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 23.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -3.48, 18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 18.83, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0076 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.048 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9651, 35.7246, 25.5769)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A280 #8086A8

analogous

#A88E80 #A8A280 #9AA880

triadic

#A8A280 #80A8A2 #A280A8

tetradic

#A8A280 #80A88E #8086A8 #A8809A

square

#A8A280 #80A88E #8086A8 #A8809A

split-complementary

#A8A280 #809AA8 #8E80A8

monochromatic

#676247 #8B855F #A8A280 #C1BDA4 #DAD7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#A8A280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A280

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A280	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.048 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bda5',
    500: '#a8a280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a280;
$custom-light: #c2bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 18.692,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70834,
    "c": 0.04769,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A280

secondary

#BABCCA

accent

#78BB6C

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A280

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

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