#A8A797#A8A797

#A8A797 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.023 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A797
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 10.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -2.52, 8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 8.78, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0055 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.023 104)
XYZ	xyz(35.5524, 38.1969, 34.7720)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A797 #9798A8

analogous

#A89F97 #A8A797 #A0A897

triadic

#A8A797 #97A8A7 #A797A8

tetradic

#A8A797 #97A89F #9798A8 #A897A0

square

#A8A797 #97A89F #9798A8 #A897A0

split-complementary

#A8A797 #97A0A8 #9F97A8

monochromatic

#6B6A5A #8C8B76 #A8A797 #C4C3B8 #E0DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#A8A797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A797

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A797	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.023 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1b5',
    500: '#a8a797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a797;
$custom-light: #c1c1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 8.901,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72466,
    "c": 0.02258,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.38197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A797

secondary

#CACBD0

accent

#569353

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A797

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

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