#A8A282#A8A282

#A8A282 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.045 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A282
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 130)
HSL	hsl(51, 18%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 23%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 22.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -3.19, 17.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 17.75, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0067 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.045 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0980, 35.7778, 26.2770)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A282 #8288A8

analogous

#A88F82 #A8A282 #9BA882

triadic

#A8A282 #82A8A2 #A282A8

tetradic

#A8A282 #82A88F #8288A8 #A8829B

square

#A8A282 #82A88F #8288A8 #A8829B

split-complementary

#A8A282 #829BA8 #8F82A8

monochromatic

#686348 #8C8561 #A8A282 #C1BDA6 #DAD8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A282 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#A8A282 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A282

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A282	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A282	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a282;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.045 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bda6',
    500: '#a8a282',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a282;
$custom-light: #c2bda6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a282",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 17.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7088,
    "c": 0.04505,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A282

secondary

#BBBECA

accent

#79BB6D

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A282

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

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