#A8A389#A8A389

#A8A389 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.037 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A389
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 137)
HSL	hsl(50, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 18.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -2.66, 14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 14.43, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0053 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.037 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7608, 36.3258, 28.8951)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A389 #898EA8

analogous

#A89489 #A8A389 #9DA889

triadic

#A8A389 #89A8A3 #A389A8

tetradic

#A8A389 #89A894 #898EA8 #A8899D

square

#A8A389 #89A894 #898EA8 #A8899D

split-complementary

#A8A389 #899DA8 #9489A8

monochromatic

#69654D #8C8667 #A8A389 #C2BEAC #DCDACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A8A389 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A8A389 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A389

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A389	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A389	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a389;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.037 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2beab',
    500: '#a8a389',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a389;
$custom-light: #c2beab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a389",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 15.122,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71259,
    "c": 0.03685,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A389

secondary

#C0C2CC

accent

#7CB870

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A389

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

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