#A8A596#A8A596

#A8A596 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.021 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A596
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 10.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -1.61, 8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 8.32, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0028 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.021 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1080, 37.4374, 34.2249)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A596 #9699A8

analogous

#A89C96 #A8A596 #A2A896

triadic

#A8A596 #96A8A5 #A596A8

tetradic

#A8A596 #96A89C #9699A8 #A896A2

square

#A8A596 #96A89C #9699A8 #A896A2

split-complementary

#A8A596 #96A2A8 #9C96A8

monochromatic

#6B6859 #8C8875 #A8A596 #C4C2B7 #DFDED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#A8A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A596

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A596	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.021 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfb4',
    500: '#a8a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a596;
$custom-light: #c1bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72016,
    "c": 0.02147,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A596

secondary

#CACBD0

accent

#5D9352

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A596

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

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