Greyish#A8A495

#A8A495 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.022 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Greyish — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#A8A495
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 149)
HSL	hsl(47, 10%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 11.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -1.24, 8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 8.39, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0017 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.022 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8482, 37.0460, 33.7427)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A495 #9599A8

analogous

#A89B95 #A8A495 #A3A895

triadic

#A8A495 #95A8A4 #A495A8

tetradic

#A8A495 #95A89B #9599A8 #A895A3

square

#A8A495 #95A89B #9599A8 #A895A3

split-complementary

#A8A495 #95A3A8 #9B95A8

monochromatic

#6B6758 #8C8773 #A8A495 #C4C1B7 #DFDED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#A8A495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A495

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A495	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.022 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1beb4',
    500: '#a8a495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a495;
$custom-light: #c1beb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 9.845,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71778,
    "c": 0.02171,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A495

secondary

#C9CAD0

accent

#609452

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A495

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

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