#A8A889#A8A889

#A8A889 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.043 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A889
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 137)
HSL	hsl(60, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 18.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -5.35, 16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 16.93, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0129 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.043 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6661, 38.1366, 29.1969)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A889 #8989A8

analogous

#A89989 #A8A889 #99A889

triadic

#A8A889 #89A8A8 #A889A8

tetradic

#A8A889 #89A899 #8989A8 #A88999

square

#A8A889 #89A899 #8989A8 #A88999

split-complementary

#A8A889 #8999A8 #9989A8

monochromatic

#69694D #8C8C67 #A8A889 #C2C2AC #DCDCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#A8A889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A889

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A889	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.043 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1ab',
    500: '#a8a889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a889;
$custom-light: #c2c1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 15.122,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72328,
    "c": 0.04314,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A889

secondary

#C0C0CC

accent

#70B870

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A889

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

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