#A8A689#A8A689

#A8A689 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.041 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A689
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 137)
HSL	hsl(56, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 18.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -4.28, 15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 15.90, 105.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0099 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.041 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2998, 37.4038, 29.0748)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A689 #898BA8

analogous

#A89789 #A8A689 #9BA889

triadic

#A8A689 #89A8A6 #A689A8

tetradic

#A8A689 #89A897 #898BA8 #A8899B

square

#A8A689 #89A897 #898BA8 #A8899B

split-complementary

#A8A689 #899BA8 #9789A8

monochromatic

#69674D #8C8A67 #A8A689 #C2C1AC #DCDBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#A8A689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A689

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A689	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.041 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c0ab',
    500: '#a8a689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a689;
$custom-light: #c2c0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 15.122,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71899,
    "c": 0.04051,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A689

secondary

#C0C1CC

accent

#75B870

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A689

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

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