#A8A587#A8A587

#A8A587 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.042 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A587
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 135)
HSL	hsl(55, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 19.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -4.05, 15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 16.48, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0092 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.042 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9766, 36.9848, 28.2659)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A587 #878AA8

analogous

#A89587 #A8A587 #9BA887

triadic

#A8A587 #87A8A5 #A587A8

tetradic

#A8A587 #87A895 #878AA8 #A8879B

square

#A8A587 #87A895 #878AA8 #A8879B

split-complementary

#A8A587 #879BA8 #9587A8

monochromatic

#69664C #8C8966 #A8A587 #C2C0AA #DBDACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A8A587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A587

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A587	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.042 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfaa',
    500: '#a8a587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a587;
$custom-light: #c2bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 15.942,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71638,
    "c": 0.04195,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A587

secondary

#BFC0CC

accent

#76B96F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A587

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

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