#A8A86E#A8A86E

#A8A86E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.078 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A86E
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 110)
HSL	hsl(60, 25%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 35%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 34.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -9.12, 30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 31.38, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0244 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.078 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9659, 37.4565, 20.2420)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A86E #6E6EA8

analogous

#A88B6E #A8A86E #8BA86E

triadic

#A8A86E #6EA8A8 #A86EA8

tetradic

#A8A86E #6EA88B #6E6EA8 #A86E8B

square

#A8A86E #6EA88B #6E6EA8 #A86E8B

split-complementary

#A8A86E #6E8BA8 #8B6EA8

monochromatic

#61613A #888851 #A8A86E #BFBF94 #D6D6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#A8A86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A86E

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A86E	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A36A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.078 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c198',
    500: '#a8a86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a86e;
$custom-light: #c3c198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71764,
    "c": 0.078,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A86E

secondary

#ADADC5

accent

#66C166

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120D

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A86E

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

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