#A8A48A#A8A48A

#A8A48A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.037 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A48A
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 17.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -3.04, 14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 14.36, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0064 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.037 100)
XYZ	xyz(34.0111, 36.7112, 29.3341)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A48A #8A8EA8

analogous

#A8958A #A8A48A #9DA88A

triadic

#A8A48A #8AA8A4 #A48AA8

tetradic

#A8A48A #8AA895 #8A8EA8 #A88A9D

square

#A8A48A #8AA895 #8A8EA8 #A88A9D

split-complementary

#A8A48A #8A9DA8 #958AA8

monochromatic

#69664E #8C8868 #A8A48A #C2BFAD #DCDBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A48A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#A8A48A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A48A

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A48A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A48A	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)

#A9A288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.037 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2beac',
    500: '#a8a48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a48a;
$custom-light: #c2beac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71496,
    "c": 0.03668,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.36711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A48A

secondary

#C1C3CD

accent

#7AB770

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A48A

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

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