#A8A693#A8A693

#A8A693 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.027 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A693
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 147)
HSL	hsl(54, 11%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 13%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 12.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -2.66, 10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 10.45, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0056 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.027 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0506, 37.7042, 33.0292)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A693 #9395A8

analogous

#A89C93 #A8A693 #A0A893

triadic

#A8A693 #93A8A6 #A693A8

tetradic

#A8A693 #93A89C #9395A8 #A893A0

square

#A8A693 #93A89C #9395A8 #A893A0

split-complementary

#A8A693 #93A0A8 #9C93A8

monochromatic

#6B6956 #8D8A71 #A8A693 #C3C2B5 #DFDED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A8A693 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#A8A693 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A693

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A693	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A693	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a693;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.027 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c0b2',
    500: '#a8a693',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a693;
$custom-light: #c2c0b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a693",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 10.769,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72149,
    "c": 0.02684,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A693

secondary

#C8C8CF

accent

#579551

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F5

border

#D0D0CF

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A693

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

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