#A8A496#A8A496

#A8A496 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.020 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A496
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 10.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -1.07, 7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 7.85, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0013 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.02 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9283, 37.0781, 34.1650)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A496 #969AA8

analogous

#A89B96 #A8A496 #A3A896

triadic

#A8A496 #96A8A4 #A496A8

tetradic

#A8A496 #96A89B #969AA8 #A896A3

square

#A8A496 #96A89B #969AA8 #A896A3

split-complementary

#A8A496 #96A3A8 #9B96A8

monochromatic

#6B6759 #8C8775 #A8A496 #C4C1B7 #DFDED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#A8A496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A496

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A496	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.020 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1beb4',
    500: '#a8a496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a496;
$custom-light: #c1beb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71805,
    "c": 0.02034,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A496

secondary

#CACBD0

accent

#619352

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A496

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

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