#A8A68E#A8A68E

#A8A68E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.034 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A68E
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 142)
HSL	hsl(55, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 15.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -3.48, 12.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 13.18, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0077 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.034 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6668, 37.5506, 31.0077)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A68E #8E90A8

analogous

#A8998E #A8A68E #9DA88E

triadic

#A8A68E #8EA8A6 #A68EA8

tetradic

#A8A68E #8EA899 #8E90A8 #A88E9D

square

#A8A68E #8EA899 #8E90A8 #A88E9D

split-complementary

#A8A68E #8E9DA8 #998EA8

monochromatic

#6A6852 #8D8A6C #A8A68E #C3C1B1 #DDDCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#A8A68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A68E

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A68E	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA48D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA68F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.034 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c0af',
    500: '#a8a68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a68e;
$custom-light: #c2c0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72021,
    "c": 0.0337,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A68E

secondary

#C4C5CE

accent

#54974E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A68E

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

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