#A8A598#A8A598

#A8A598 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.019 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A598
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 152)
HSL	hsl(49, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 9.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -1.27, 7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 7.23, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.002 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.019 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2704, 37.5024, 35.0803)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A598 #989BA8

analogous

#A89D98 #A8A598 #A3A898

triadic

#A8A598 #98A8A5 #A598A8

tetradic

#A8A598 #98A89D #989BA8 #A898A3

square

#A8A598 #98A89D #989BA8 #A898A3

split-complementary

#A8A598 #98A3A8 #9D98A8

monochromatic

#6B685A #8C8877 #A8A598 #C4C2B9 #E0DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#A8A598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A598

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A598	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.019 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfb6',
    500: '#a8a598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a598;
$custom-light: #c1bfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 8.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7207,
    "c": 0.01872,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A598

secondary

#CBCCD1

accent

#5F9253

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A598

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

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