#A8A78E#A8A78E

#A8A78E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.035 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A78E
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 142)
HSL	hsl(58, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 15.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -4.02, 13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 13.69, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0093 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.035 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8492, 37.9156, 31.0685)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A78E #8E8FA8

analogous

#A89A8E #A8A78E #9CA88E

triadic

#A8A78E #8EA8A7 #A78EA8

tetradic

#A8A78E #8EA89A #8E8FA8 #A88E9C

square

#A8A78E #8EA89A #8E8FA8 #A88E9C

split-complementary

#A8A78E #8E9CA8 #9A8EA8

monochromatic

#6A6952 #8D8B6C #A8A78E #C3C2B1 #DDDDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A78E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#A8A78E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A78E

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A78E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A78E	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA58D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA68F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a78e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.035 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1af',
    500: '#a8a78e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a78e;
$custom-light: #c2c1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a78e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72235,
    "c": 0.03501,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A78E

secondary

#C4C4CE

accent

#51974E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A78E

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

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