#A8A386#A8A386

#A8A386 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.041 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A386
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 134)
HSL	hsl(51, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 20.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -3.12, 15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 16.05, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0066 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.041 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5486, 36.2410, 27.7775)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A386 #868BA8

analogous

#A89286 #A8A386 #9CA886

triadic

#A8A386 #86A8A3 #A386A8

tetradic

#A8A386 #86A892 #868BA8 #A8869C

square

#A8A386 #86A892 #868BA8 #A8869C

split-complementary

#A8A386 #869CA8 #9286A8

monochromatic

#68644B #8C8665 #A8A386 #C2BEAA #DBD9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A386 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A8A386 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A386

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A386	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A386	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a386;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.041 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bea9',
    500: '#a8a386',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a386;
$custom-light: #c2bea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a386",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 16.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71187,
    "c": 0.04088,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A386

secondary

#BEC0CC

accent

#7AB96F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A386

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

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