#A8A583#A8A583

#A8A583 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.047 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A583
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 131)
HSL	hsl(55, 18%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 22%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 22%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -4.66, 18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 18.65, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0109 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.047 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7002, 36.8743, 26.8105)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A583 #8386A8

analogous

#A89283 #A8A583 #98A883

triadic

#A8A583 #83A8A5 #A583A8

tetradic

#A8A583 #83A892 #8386A8 #A88398

square

#A8A583 #83A892 #8386A8 #A88398

split-complementary

#A8A583 #8398A8 #9283A8

monochromatic

#686549 #8C8862 #A8A583 #C1BFA7 #DAD9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A583 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#A8A583 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A583

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A583	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A583	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a583;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.047 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfa7',
    500: '#a8a583',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a583;
$custom-light: #c2bfa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a583",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 17.536,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71545,
    "c": 0.04731,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A583

secondary

#BCBDCB

accent

#74BA6E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A583

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

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