#A8A28E#A8A28E

#A8A28E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.029 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A28E
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 142)
HSL	hsl(46, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 15.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -1.32, 11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 11.26, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0016 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.029 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9509, 36.1189, 30.7691)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A28E #8E94A8

analogous

#A8958E #A8A28E #A1A88E

triadic

#A8A28E #8EA8A2 #A28EA8

tetradic

#A8A28E #8EA895 #8E94A8 #A88EA1

square

#A8A28E #8EA895 #8E94A8 #A88EA1

split-complementary

#A8A28E #8EA1A8 #958EA8

monochromatic

#6A6452 #8D856C #A8A28E #C3BEB1 #DDDBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A8A28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A28E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A28E	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A18D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A38F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.029 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bdaf',
    500: '#a8a28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a28e;
$custom-light: #c2bdaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71172,
    "c": 0.02903,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A28E

secondary

#C4C6CE

accent

#5F974E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A28E

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

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