#A8A798#A8A798

#A8A798 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.021 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A798
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 152)
HSL	hsl(56, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 9.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -2.35, 7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 8.23, 106.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0051 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.021 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6340, 38.2295, 35.2015)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A798 #9899A8

analogous

#A89F98 #A8A798 #A1A898

triadic

#A8A798 #98A8A7 #A798A8

tetradic

#A8A798 #98A89F #9899A8 #A898A1

square

#A8A798 #98A89F #9899A8 #A898A1

split-complementary

#A8A798 #98A1A8 #9F98A8

monochromatic

#6B6A5A #8C8B77 #A8A798 #C4C3B9 #E0E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#A8A798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A798

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A798	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.021 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1b6',
    500: '#a8a798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a798;
$custom-light: #c1c1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 8.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72493,
    "c": 0.02119,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A798

secondary

#CBCBD1

accent

#579253

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A798

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

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