#A8A593#A8A593

#A8A593 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.026 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A593
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 147)
HSL	hsl(51, 11%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 13%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 12.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -2.12, 9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 9.95, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0041 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.026 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8695, 37.3420, 32.9689)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A593 #9396A8

analogous

#A89B93 #A8A593 #A1A893

triadic

#A8A593 #93A8A5 #A593A8

tetradic

#A8A593 #93A89B #9396A8 #A893A1

square

#A8A593 #93A89B #9396A8 #A893A1

split-complementary

#A8A593 #93A1A8 #9B93A8

monochromatic

#6B6856 #8D8971 #A8A593 #C3C1B5 #DFDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A8A593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A593

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A593	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.026 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bfb2',
    500: '#a8a593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a593;
$custom-light: #c2bfb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 10.769,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71936,
    "c": 0.0256,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A593

secondary

#C8C9CF

accent

#5A9551

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F5

border

#D0D0CF

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A593

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

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