#A8A38E#A8A38E

#A8A38E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.030 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A38E
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 142)
HSL	hsl(48, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 15.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -1.86, 11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 11.72, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0032 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.03 96)
XYZ	xyz(34.1278, 36.4726, 30.8280)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A38E #8E93A8

analogous

#A8968E #A8A38E #A0A88E

triadic

#A8A38E #8EA8A3 #A38EA8

tetradic

#A8A38E #8EA896 #8E93A8 #A88EA0

square

#A8A38E #8EA896 #8E93A8 #A88EA0

split-complementary

#A8A38E #8EA0A8 #968EA8

monochromatic

#6A6552 #8D866C #A8A38E #C3BFB1 #DDDBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#A8A38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A38E

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A38E	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)

#A8A28D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A48F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.030 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2beaf',
    500: '#a8a38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a38e;
$custom-light: #c2beaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71383,
    "c": 0.03011,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.36472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A38E

secondary

#C4C6CE

accent

#5C974E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A38E

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

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