#A8A87F#A8A87F

#A8A87F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.056 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A87F
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 127)
HSL	hsl(60, 19%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 24%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 24.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -6.85, 21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 22.34, 107.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0172 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.056 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9818, 37.8629, 25.5927)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A87F #7F7FA8

analogous

#A8937F #A8A87F #93A87F

triadic

#A8A87F #7FA8A8 #A87FA8

tetradic

#A8A87F #7FA893 #7F7FA8 #A87F93

square

#A8A87F #7FA893 #7F7FA8 #A87F93

split-complementary

#A8A87F #7F93A8 #937FA8

monochromatic

#676746 #8B8B5F #A8A87F #C1C1A3 #DADAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A87F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#A8A87F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A87F

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A87F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A87F	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA57C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a87f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.056 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1a4',
    500: '#a8a87f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a87f;
$custom-light: #c2c1a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a87f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 19.07,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72102,
    "c": 0.05645,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A87F

secondary

#B9B9CA

accent

#6CBC6C

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A87F

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

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