#A8A698#A8A698

#A8A698 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.020 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A698
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 152)
HSL	hsl(53, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 9.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -1.81, 7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 7.72, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0035 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.02 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4515, 37.8645, 35.1406)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A698 #989AA8

analogous

#A89E98 #A8A698 #A2A898

triadic

#A8A698 #98A8A6 #A698A8

tetradic

#A8A698 #98A89E #989AA8 #A898A2

square

#A8A698 #98A89E #989AA8 #A898A2

split-complementary

#A8A698 #98A2A8 #9E98A8

monochromatic

#6B695A #8C8977 #A8A698 #C4C3B9 #E0DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#A8A698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A698

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A698	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.020 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0b6',
    500: '#a8a698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a698;
$custom-light: #c1c0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 8.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72281,
    "c": 0.01991,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A698

secondary

#CBCCD1

accent

#5B9253

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A698

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

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