#A8A484#A8A484

#A8A484 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.045 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A484
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 132)
HSL	hsl(53, 17%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 21%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 21.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -3.97, 17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 17.62, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0089 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.045 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5886, 36.5422, 27.1092)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A484 #8488A8

analogous

#A89284 #A8A484 #9AA884

triadic

#A8A484 #84A8A4 #A484A8

tetradic

#A8A484 #84A892 #8488A8 #A8849A

square

#A8A484 #84A892 #8488A8 #A8849A

split-complementary

#A8A484 #849AA8 #9284A8

monochromatic

#68654A #8C8763 #A8A484 #C1BFA8 #DBD9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#A8A484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A484

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A484	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.045 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bea8',
    500: '#a8a484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a484;
$custom-light: #c2bea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 17.143,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71353,
    "c": 0.04474,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A484

secondary

#BDBECB

accent

#76BA6E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A484

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

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