#A8A491#A8A491

#A8A491 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.027 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A491
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 145)
HSL	hsl(50, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 14%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 13.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -1.91, 10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 10.56, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0034 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.027 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5343, 36.9205, 32.0897)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A491 #9195A8

analogous

#A89991 #A8A491 #A1A891

triadic

#A8A491 #91A8A4 #A491A8

tetradic

#A8A491 #91A899 #9195A8 #A891A1

square

#A8A491 #91A899 #9195A8 #A891A1

split-complementary

#A8A491 #91A1A8 #9991A8

monochromatic

#6A6754 #8D876F #A8A491 #C3C0B3 #DEDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#A8A491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A491

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A491	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	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)

#A8A390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.027 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2beb1',
    500: '#a8a491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a491;
$custom-light: #c2beb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 11.675,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71672,
    "c": 0.02716,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A491

secondary

#C6C8CF

accent

#5C9650

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F5

border

#D0D0CF

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A491

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

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