#A8A890#A8A890

#A8A890 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.034 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A890
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 144)
HSL	hsl(60, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 14%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 14.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -4.24, 12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 13.13, 108.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0099 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.034 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1847, 38.3440, 31.9277)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A890 #9090A8

analogous

#A89C90 #A8A890 #9CA890

triadic

#A8A890 #90A8A8 #A890A8

tetradic

#A8A890 #90A89C #9090A8 #A8909C

square

#A8A890 #90A89C #9090A8 #A8909C

split-complementary

#A8A890 #909CA8 #9C90A8

monochromatic

#6A6A53 #8D8D6E #A8A890 #C3C3B2 #DEDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8A890 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#A8A890 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A890

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A890	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A890	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA68F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a890;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.034 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1b0',
    500: '#a8a890',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a890;
$custom-light: #c2c1b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a890",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 12.121,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72498,
    "c": 0.0336,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A890

secondary

#C5C5CE

accent

#4F964F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A890

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

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