#A8A696#A8A696

#A8A696 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.023 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A696
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 10.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -2.15, 8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 8.81, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0044 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.023 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2891, 37.7995, 34.2852)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A696 #9698A8

analogous

#A89D96 #A8A696 #A1A896

triadic

#A8A696 #96A8A6 #A696A8

tetradic

#A8A696 #96A89D #9698A8 #A896A1

square

#A8A696 #96A89D #9698A8 #A896A1

split-complementary

#A8A696 #96A1A8 #9D96A8

monochromatic

#6B6959 #8C8A75 #A8A696 #C4C2B7 #DFDFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#A8A696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A696

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A696	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.023 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0b4',
    500: '#a8a696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a696;
$custom-light: #c1c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72228,
    "c": 0.02269,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A696

secondary

#CACAD0

accent

#599352

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A696

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

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