#A8A481#A8A481

#A8A481 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.049 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A481
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(54, 18%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 23%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 23.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -4.41, 18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 19.24, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0102 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.049 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3863, 36.4613, 26.0436)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A481 #8185A8

analogous

#A89081 #A8A481 #98A881

triadic

#A8A481 #81A8A4 #A481A8

tetradic

#A8A481 #81A890 #8185A8 #A88198

square

#A8A481 #81A890 #8185A8 #A88198

split-complementary

#A8A481 #8198A8 #9081A8

monochromatic

#676447 #8B8760 #A8A481 #C1BEA5 #DAD8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#A8A481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A481

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A481	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)

#ABA17F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.049 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bea5',
    500: '#a8a481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a481;
$custom-light: #c2bea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 18.31,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71285,
    "c": 0.04874,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A481

secondary

#BBBCCA

accent

#75BB6D

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A481

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

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