#A8A486#A8A486

#A8A486 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.042 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A486
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 134)
HSL	hsl(53, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 20.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -3.66, 16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 16.53, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0081 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.042 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7268, 36.5975, 27.8369)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A486 #868AA8

analogous

#A89386 #A8A486 #9BA886

triadic

#A8A486 #86A8A4 #A486A8

tetradic

#A8A486 #86A893 #868AA8 #A8869B

square

#A8A486 #86A893 #868AA8 #A8869B

split-complementary

#A8A486 #869BA8 #9386A8

monochromatic

#68654B #8C8765 #A8A486 #C2BFAA #DBDACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A8A486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A486

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A486	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.042 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bea9',
    500: '#a8a486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a486;
$custom-light: #c2bea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 16.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.714,
    "c": 0.04207,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A486

secondary

#BEC0CC

accent

#77B96F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A486

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

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