#A8A686#A8A686

#A8A686 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.045 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A686
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 134)
HSL	hsl(56, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 20%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 20.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -4.74, 16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 17.53, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0112 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.045 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0876, 37.3189, 27.9572)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A686 #8688A8

analogous

#A89586 #A8A686 #99A886

triadic

#A8A686 #86A8A6 #A686A8

tetradic

#A8A686 #86A895 #8688A8 #A88699

square

#A8A686 #86A895 #8688A8 #A88699

split-complementary

#A8A686 #8699A8 #9586A8

monochromatic

#68674B #8C8A65 #A8A686 #C2C0AA #DBDACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#A8A686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A686

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A686	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)

#ACA384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.045 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c0a9',
    500: '#a8a686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a686;
$custom-light: #c2c0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 16.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71828,
    "c": 0.04456,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A686

secondary

#BEBFCC

accent

#73B96F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A686

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

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