#A8A896#A8A896

#A8A896 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.025 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A896
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -3.24, 9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 9.86, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0074 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.025 107)
XYZ	xyz(35.6555, 38.5323, 34.4074)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A896 #9696A8

analogous

#A89F96 #A8A896 #9FA896

triadic

#A8A896 #96A8A8 #A896A8

tetradic

#A8A896 #96A89F #9696A8 #A8969F

square

#A8A896 #96A89F #9696A8 #A8969F

split-complementary

#A8A896 #969FA8 #9F96A8

monochromatic

#6B6B59 #8C8C75 #A8A896 #C4C4B7 #DFDFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A8A896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#A8A896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A896

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A896	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.025 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1b4',
    500: '#a8a896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a896;
$custom-light: #c1c1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72652,
    "c": 0.02532,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.38532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A896

secondary

#CACAD0

accent

#529352

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A896

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

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