#A8A48C#A8A48C

#A8A48C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.034 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A48C
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 140)
HSL	hsl(51, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 16.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -2.72, 12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 13.27, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0055 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.034 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1572, 36.7696, 30.1037)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A48C #8C90A8

analogous

#A8968C #A8A48C #9EA88C

triadic

#A8A48C #8CA8A4 #A48CA8

tetradic

#A8A48C #8CA896 #8C90A8 #A88C9E

square

#A8A48C #8CA896 #8C90A8 #A88C9E

split-complementary

#A8A48C #8C9EA8 #968CA8

monochromatic

#6A6650 #8D886A #A8A48C #C2C0AF #DDDBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A48C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#A8A48C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A48C

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A48C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A48C	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#A9A28B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a48c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.034 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bead',
    500: '#a8a48c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a48c;
$custom-light: #c2bead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a48c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71546,
    "c": 0.03396,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A48C

secondary

#C3C4CD

accent

#58984D

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A48C

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

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