#A8A585#A8A585

#A8A585 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.045 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A585
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 133)
HSL	hsl(55, 17%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 21%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 20.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -4.35, 17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 17.57, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0101 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.045 103)
XYZ	xyz(33.8371, 36.9290, 27.5312)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A585 #8588A8

analogous

#A89485 #A8A585 #9AA885

triadic

#A8A585 #85A8A5 #A585A8

tetradic

#A8A585 #85A894 #8588A8 #A8859A

square

#A8A585 #85A894 #8588A8 #A8859A

split-complementary

#A8A585 #859AA8 #9485A8

monochromatic

#68664A #8C8964 #A8A585 #C1BFA9 #DBDACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#A8A585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A585

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A585	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA586

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.045 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfa8',
    500: '#a8a585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a585;
$custom-light: #c2bfa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 16.746,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71591,
    "c": 0.04464,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.36929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A585

secondary

#BEBFCB

accent

#75B96E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A585

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

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