#A8A893#A8A893

#A8A893 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.029 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A893
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 147)
HSL	hsl(60, 11%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -3.74, 10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 11.49, 108.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0087 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.029 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4170, 38.4369, 33.1514)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A893 #9393A8

analogous

#A89E93 #A8A893 #9EA893

triadic

#A8A893 #93A8A8 #A893A8

tetradic

#A8A893 #93A89E #9393A8 #A8939E

square

#A8A893 #93A89E #9393A8 #A8939E

split-complementary

#A8A893 #939EA8 #9E93A8

monochromatic

#6B6B56 #8D8D71 #A8A893 #C3C3B5 #DFDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8A893 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A8A893 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A893

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A893	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A893	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a893;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.029 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1b2',
    500: '#a8a893',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a893;
$custom-light: #c2c1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a893",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 10.769,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.02947,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A893

secondary

#C8C8CF

accent

#519551

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F5

border

#D0D0CF

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A893

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

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