#A8A894#A8A894

#A8A894 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.028 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A894
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 148)
HSL	hsl(60, 10%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -3.57, 10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 10.95, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0082 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.028 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4958, 38.4685, 33.5664)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A894 #9494A8

analogous

#A89E94 #A8A894 #9EA894

triadic

#A8A894 #94A8A8 #A894A8

tetradic

#A8A894 #94A89E #9494A8 #A8949E

square

#A8A894 #94A89E #9494A8 #A8949E

split-complementary

#A8A894 #949EA8 #9E94A8

monochromatic

#6B6B57 #8D8D72 #A8A894 #C3C3B6 #DFDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8A894 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A8A894 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A894

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A894	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A894	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)

#ACA693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a894;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.028 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c1b3',
    500: '#a8a894',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a894;
$custom-light: #c2c1b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a894",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 10.309,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.726,
    "c": 0.0281,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A894

secondary

#C8C8D0

accent

#519451

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A894

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

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