#A8A498#A8A498

#A8A498 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.018 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A498
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 152)
HSL	hsl(45, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 9.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -0.72, 6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 6.77, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0005 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.018 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0908, 37.1430, 35.0204)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A498 #989CA8

analogous

#A89C98 #A8A498 #A4A898

triadic

#A8A498 #98A8A4 #A498A8

tetradic

#A8A498 #98A89C #989CA8 #A898A4

square

#A8A498 #98A89C #989CA8 #A898A4

split-complementary

#A8A498 #98A4A8 #9C98A8

monochromatic

#6B675A #8C8777 #A8A498 #C4C1B9 #E0DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#A8A498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A498

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A498	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.018 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1beb6',
    500: '#a8a498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a498;
$custom-light: #c1beb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 8.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71859,
    "c": 0.01763,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A498

secondary

#CBCCD1

accent

#639253

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A498

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

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