#A8A494#A8A494

#A8A494 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.023 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A494
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 148)
HSL	hsl(48, 10%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 12%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 11.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -1.41, 8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 8.93, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0022 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.023 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7687, 37.0142, 33.3241)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A494 #9498A8

analogous

#A89A94 #A8A494 #A2A894

triadic

#A8A494 #94A8A4 #A494A8

tetradic

#A8A494 #94A89A #9498A8 #A894A2

square

#A8A494 #94A89A #9498A8 #A894A2

split-complementary

#A8A494 #94A2A8 #9A94A8

monochromatic

#6B6757 #8D8772 #A8A494 #C3C1B6 #DFDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A8A494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A494

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A494	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.023 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2beb3',
    500: '#a8a494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a494;
$custom-light: #c2beb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 10.309,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71751,
    "c": 0.02307,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A494

secondary

#C8CAD0

accent

#5F9451

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A494

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

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