#A8A48E#A8A48E

#A8A48E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.031 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A48E
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 142)
HSL	hsl(51, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 15.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -2.40, 11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 12.19, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0047 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.031 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3060, 36.8291, 30.8874)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A48E #8E92A8

analogous

#A8978E #A8A48E #9FA88E

triadic

#A8A48E #8EA8A4 #A48EA8

tetradic

#A8A48E #8EA897 #8E92A8 #A88E9F

square

#A8A48E #8EA897 #8E92A8 #A88E9F

split-complementary

#A8A48E #8E9FA8 #978EA8

monochromatic

#6A6652 #8D886C #A8A48E #C3C0B1 #DDDCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#A8A48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A48E

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A48E	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A28D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.031 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2beaf',
    500: '#a8a48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a48e;
$custom-light: #c2beaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71596,
    "c": 0.03124,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A48E

secondary

#C4C5CE

accent

#5A974E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A48E

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

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