#A8A591#A8A591

#A8A591 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.028 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A591
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 145)
HSL	hsl(52, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 14%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 13.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -2.45, 10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 11.04, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.005 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.028 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7140, 37.2798, 32.1495)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A591 #9194A8

analogous

#A89A91 #A8A591 #A0A891

triadic

#A8A591 #91A8A5 #A591A8

tetradic

#A8A591 #91A89A #9194A8 #A891A0

square

#A8A591 #91A89A #9194A8 #A891A0

split-complementary

#A8A591 #91A0A8 #9A91A8

monochromatic

#6A6854 #8D896F #A8A591 #C3C1B3 #DEDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#A8A591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A591

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A591	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.028 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfb1',
    500: '#a8a591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a591;
$custom-light: #c2bfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 11.675,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71885,
    "c": 0.02835,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A591

secondary

#C6C7CF

accent

#599650

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F5

border

#D0D0CF

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A591

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

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