#A8A588#A8A588

#A8A588 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.041 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A588
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 136)
HSL	hsl(54, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 19%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 19%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -3.89, 15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 15.94, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0088 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.041 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0473, 37.0131, 28.6384)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A588 #888BA8

analogous

#A89588 #A8A588 #9BA888

triadic

#A8A588 #88A8A5 #A588A8

tetradic

#A8A588 #88A895 #888BA8 #A8889B

square

#A8A588 #88A895 #888BA8 #A8889B

split-complementary

#A8A588 #889BA8 #9588A8

monochromatic

#69664D #8C8967 #A8A588 #C2C0AB #DCDACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A8A588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A588

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A588	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)

#ABA386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.041 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfaa',
    500: '#a8a588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a588;
$custom-light: #c2bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 15.534,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71661,
    "c": 0.0406,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A588

secondary

#C0C1CC

accent

#76B870

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A588

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

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