#A8A489#A8A489

#A8A489 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.038 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A489
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 137)
HSL	hsl(52, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 18.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -3.20, 14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 14.90, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0068 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.038 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9390, 36.6823, 28.9546)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A489 #898DA8

analogous

#A89589 #A8A489 #9DA889

triadic

#A8A489 #89A8A4 #A489A8

tetradic

#A8A489 #89A895 #898DA8 #A8899D

square

#A8A489 #89A895 #898DA8 #A8899D

split-complementary

#A8A489 #899DA8 #9589A8

monochromatic

#69664D #8C8867 #A8A489 #C2BFAC #DCDACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#A8A489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A489

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A489	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.038 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2beab',
    500: '#a8a489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a489;
$custom-light: #c2beab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 15.122,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71472,
    "c": 0.03803,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A489

secondary

#C0C2CC

accent

#79B870

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A489

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

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