#A8A48B#A8A48B

#A8A48B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.035 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A48B
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 139)
HSL	hsl(52, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 17.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -2.88, 13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 13.82, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.006 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.035 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0838, 36.7403, 29.7171)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A48B #8B8FA8

analogous

#A8958B #A8A48B #9DA88B

triadic

#A8A48B #8BA8A4 #A48BA8

tetradic

#A8A48B #8BA895 #8B8FA8 #A88B9D

square

#A8A48B #8BA895 #8B8FA8 #A88B9D

split-complementary

#A8A48B #8B9DA8 #958BA8

monochromatic

#69664F #8C8869 #A8A48B #C2BFAE #DCDBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A48B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#A8A48B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A48B

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A48B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A48B	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A28A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a48b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.035 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bead',
    500: '#a8a48b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a48b;
$custom-light: #c2bead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a48b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71521,
    "c": 0.03533,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A48B

secondary

#C2C3CD

accent

#57984D

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A48B

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

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