#A8A490#A8A490

#A8A490 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.029 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A490
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 144)
HSL	hsl(50, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 14%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 14.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -2.07, 10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 11.10, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0038 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.029 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4575, 36.8897, 31.6854)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A490 #9094A8

analogous

#A89890 #A8A490 #A0A890

triadic

#A8A490 #90A8A4 #A490A8

tetradic

#A8A490 #90A898 #9094A8 #A890A0

square

#A8A490 #90A898 #9094A8 #A890A0

split-complementary

#A8A490 #90A0A8 #9890A8

monochromatic

#6A6653 #8D886E #A8A490 #C3C0B2 #DEDCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#A8A490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A490

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A490	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A38F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.029 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2beb0',
    500: '#a8a490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a490;
$custom-light: #c2beb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 12.121,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71647,
    "c": 0.02852,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A490

secondary

#C5C7CE

accent

#5B964F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A490

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

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