#A8A28B#A8A28B

#A8A28B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.033 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A28B
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 139)
HSL	hsl(48, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 17.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -1.80, 12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 12.88, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0029 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.033 95)
XYZ	xyz(33.7287, 36.0301, 29.5988)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A28B #8B91A8

analogous

#A8938B #A8A28B #A0A88B

triadic

#A8A28B #8BA8A2 #A28BA8

tetradic

#A8A28B #8BA893 #8B91A8 #A88BA0

square

#A8A28B #8BA893 #8B91A8 #A88BA0

split-complementary

#A8A28B #8BA0A8 #938BA8

monochromatic

#69644F #8C8569 #A8A28B #C2BEAE #DCDAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A28B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A8A28B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A28B

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A28B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A28B	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A18A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a28b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.033 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bdad',
    500: '#a8a28b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a28b;
$custom-light: #c2bdad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a28b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71096,
    "c": 0.03305,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.3603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A28B

secondary

#C2C4CD

accent

#5D984D

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A28B

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

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