#A8A287#A8A287

#A8A287 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.038 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A287
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 135)
HSL	hsl(49, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 19.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -2.43, 14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 15.05, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0046 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.038 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4418, 35.9153, 28.0876)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A287 #878DA8

analogous

#A89287 #A8A287 #9EA887

triadic

#A8A287 #87A8A2 #A287A8

tetradic

#A8A287 #87A892 #878DA8 #A8879E

square

#A8A287 #87A892 #878DA8 #A8879E

split-complementary

#A8A287 #879EA8 #9287A8

monochromatic

#69634C #8C8566 #A8A287 #C2BDAA #DBD9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A287 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A8A287 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A287

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A287	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A287	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)

#A8A085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a287;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.038 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bdaa',
    500: '#a8a287',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a287;
$custom-light: #c2bdaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a287",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 15.942,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70998,
    "c": 0.03841,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A287

secondary

#BFC1CC

accent

#7CB96F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A287

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

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