#A8A487#A8A487

#A8A487 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.041 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A487
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 135)
HSL	hsl(53, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 19.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -3.51, 15.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 15.99, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0077 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.041 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7969, 36.6255, 28.2060)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A487 #878BA8

analogous

#A89487 #A8A487 #9CA887

triadic

#A8A487 #87A8A4 #A487A8

tetradic

#A8A487 #87A894 #878BA8 #A8879C

square

#A8A487 #87A894 #878BA8 #A8879C

split-complementary

#A8A487 #879CA8 #9487A8

monochromatic

#69654C #8C8866 #A8A487 #C2BFAA #DBDACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A8A487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A487

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A487	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)

#AAA285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.041 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2beaa',
    500: '#a8a487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a487;
$custom-light: #c2beaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 15.942,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71424,
    "c": 0.04073,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A487

secondary

#BFC1CC

accent

#78B96F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A487

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

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