#A8A58E#A8A58E

#A8A58E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.032 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A58E
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 142)
HSL	hsl(53, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 15.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -2.94, 12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 12.67, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0062 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.032 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4857, 37.1885, 30.9473)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A58E #8E91A8

analogous

#A8988E #A8A58E #9EA88E

triadic

#A8A58E #8EA8A5 #A58EA8

tetradic

#A8A58E #8EA898 #8E91A8 #A88E9E

square

#A8A58E #8EA898 #8E91A8 #A88E9E

split-complementary

#A8A58E #8E9EA8 #988EA8

monochromatic

#6A6752 #8D896C #A8A58E #C3C1B1 #DDDCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A58E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#A8A58E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A58E

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A58E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A58E	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA38D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA58F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a58e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.032 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfaf',
    500: '#a8a58e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a58e;
$custom-light: #c2bfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a58e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71808,
    "c": 0.03245,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A58E

secondary

#C4C5CE

accent

#57974E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A58E

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

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