#A8A796#A8A796

#A8A796 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.024 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A796
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 10.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -2.69, 8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 9.32, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0059 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.024 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4716, 38.1645, 34.3461)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A796 #9697A8

analogous

#A89E96 #A8A796 #A0A896

triadic

#A8A796 #96A8A7 #A796A8

tetradic

#A8A796 #96A89E #9697A8 #A896A0

square

#A8A796 #96A89E #9697A8 #A896A0

split-complementary

#A8A796 #96A0A8 #9E96A8

monochromatic

#6B6A59 #8C8B75 #A8A796 #C4C3B7 #DFDFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#A8A796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A796

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A796	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.024 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1b4',
    500: '#a8a796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a796;
$custom-light: #c1c1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7244,
    "c": 0.02397,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A796

secondary

#CACAD0

accent

#569352

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A796

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

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