#A8A288#A8A288

#A8A288 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.037 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A288
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 136)
HSL	hsl(49, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 19%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 19%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -2.27, 14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 14.50, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0042 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.037 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5125, 35.9436, 28.4602)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A288 #888EA8

analogous

#A89288 #A8A288 #9EA888

triadic

#A8A288 #88A8A2 #A288A8

tetradic

#A8A288 #88A892 #888EA8 #A8889E

square

#A8A288 #88A892 #888EA8 #A8889E

split-complementary

#A8A288 #889EA8 #9288A8

monochromatic

#69644D #8C8567 #A8A288 #C2BEAB #DCD9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A288 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A8A288 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A288

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A288	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A288	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a288;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.037 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bdaa',
    500: '#a8a288',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a288;
$custom-light: #c2bdaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a288",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 15.534,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71022,
    "c": 0.03706,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A288

secondary

#C0C2CC

accent

#7DB870

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A288

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

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