#A8A281#A8A281

#A8A281 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.046 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A281
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 18%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 23%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 23.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -3.33, 17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 18.29, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0071 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.046 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0312, 35.7510, 25.9252)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A281 #8187A8

analogous

#A88E81 #A8A281 #9AA881

triadic

#A8A281 #81A8A2 #A281A8

tetradic

#A8A281 #81A88E #8187A8 #A8819A

square

#A8A281 #81A88E #8187A8 #A8819A

split-complementary

#A8A281 #819AA8 #8E81A8

monochromatic

#676247 #8B8560 #A8A281 #C1BDA5 #DAD7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A8A281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A281

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A281	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.046 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bda5',
    500: '#a8a281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a281;
$custom-light: #c2bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 18.31,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70857,
    "c": 0.04638,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A281

secondary

#BBBDCA

accent

#79BB6D

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A281

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

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