#A8A68C#A8A68C

#A8A68C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.036 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A68C
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 140)
HSL	hsl(56, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 16.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -3.80, 13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 14.27, 105.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0086 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.036 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5179, 37.4911, 30.2240)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A68C #8C8EA8

analogous

#A8988C #A8A68C #9CA88C

triadic

#A8A68C #8CA8A6 #A68CA8

tetradic

#A8A68C #8CA898 #8C8EA8 #A88C9C

square

#A8A68C #8CA898 #8C8EA8 #A88C9C

split-complementary

#A8A68C #8C9CA8 #988CA8

monochromatic

#6A6850 #8D8A6A #A8A68C #C2C1AF #DDDCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A68C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#A8A68C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A68C

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A68C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A68C	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)

#ABA48A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a68c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.036 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c0ad',
    500: '#a8a68c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a68c;
$custom-light: #c2c0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a68c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71972,
    "c": 0.03644,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A68C

secondary

#C3C3CD

accent

#53984D

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A68C

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

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