#A8A87D#A8A87D

#A8A87D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.059 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A87D
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 125)
HSL	hsl(60, 20%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 26%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 25.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -7.13, 22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 23.41, 107.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.018 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.059 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8527, 37.8112, 24.9130)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A87D #7D7DA8

analogous

#A8937D #A8A87D #93A87D

triadic

#A8A87D #7DA8A8 #A87DA8

tetradic

#A8A87D #7DA893 #7D7DA8 #A87D93

square

#A8A87D #7DA893 #7D7DA8 #A87D93

split-complementary

#A8A87D #7D93A8 #937DA8

monochromatic

#666644 #8B8B5D #A8A87D #C1C1A2 #D9D9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A87D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#A8A87D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A87D

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A87D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A87D	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA47A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a87d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.059 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1a3',
    500: '#a8a87d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a87d;
$custom-light: #c2c1a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a87d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 19.816,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72059,
    "c": 0.05907,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A87D

secondary

#B8B8C9

accent

#6BBC6B

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A87D

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

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