#A8A38D#A8A38D

#A8A38D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.031 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A38D
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 141)
HSL	hsl(49, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 16%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 16.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -2.02, 12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 12.26, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0036 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.031 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0530, 36.4427, 30.4344)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A38D #8D92A8

analogous

#A8958D #A8A38D #9FA88D

triadic

#A8A38D #8DA8A3 #A38DA8

tetradic

#A8A38D #8DA895 #8D92A8 #A88D9F

square

#A8A38D #8DA895 #8D92A8 #A88D9F

split-complementary

#A8A38D #8D9FA8 #958DA8

monochromatic

#6A6551 #8D866B #A8A38D #C2BFB0 #DDDBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#A8A38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A38D

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A38D	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A28C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.031 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2beae',
    500: '#a8a38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a38d;
$custom-light: #c2beae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 13.433,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71358,
    "c": 0.03145,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A38D

secondary

#C3C5CE

accent

#5C984E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A38D

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

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