#A8A488#A8A488

#A8A488 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.039 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A488
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 136)
HSL	hsl(53, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 19%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 19%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -3.35, 15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 15.45, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0072 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.039 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8676, 36.6538, 28.5785)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A488 #888CA8

analogous

#A89488 #A8A488 #9CA888

triadic

#A8A488 #88A8A4 #A488A8

tetradic

#A8A488 #88A894 #888CA8 #A8889C

square

#A8A488 #88A894 #888CA8 #A8889C

split-complementary

#A8A488 #889CA8 #9488A8

monochromatic

#69654D #8C8867 #A8A488 #C2BFAB #DCDACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#A8A488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A488

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A488	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.039 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2beaa',
    500: '#a8a488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a488;
$custom-light: #c2beaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 15.534,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71448,
    "c": 0.03938,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A488

secondary

#C0C1CC

accent

#79B870

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A488

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

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