#A8A286#A8A286

#A8A286 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.040 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A286
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 134)
HSL	hsl(49, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 20.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -2.58, 15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 15.59, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.005 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.04 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3717, 35.8873, 27.7186)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A286 #868CA8

analogous

#A89186 #A8A286 #9DA886

triadic

#A8A286 #86A8A2 #A286A8

tetradic

#A8A286 #86A891 #868CA8 #A8869D

square

#A8A286 #86A891 #868CA8 #A8869D

split-complementary

#A8A286 #869DA8 #9186A8

monochromatic

#68634B #8C8565 #A8A286 #C2BDAA #DBD9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A286 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A8A286 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A286

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A286	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A286	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a286;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.040 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bda9',
    500: '#a8a286',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a286;
$custom-light: #c2bda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a286",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 16.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70974,
    "c": 0.03974,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A286

secondary

#BEC1CC

accent

#7CB96F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A286

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →