#A8A96E#A8A96E

#A8A96E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.079 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A96E
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 110)
HSL	hsl(61, 26%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 35%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 34.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -9.65, 30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 31.88, 107.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0259 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.079 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1512, 37.8271, 20.3038)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A96E #6F6EA9

analogous

#A98D6E #A8A96E #8BA96E

triadic

#A8A96E #6EA8A9 #A96EA8

tetradic

#A8A96E #6EA98D #6F6EA9 #A96E8B

square

#A8A96E #6EA98D #6F6EA9 #A96E8B

split-complementary

#A8A96E #6E8BA9 #8D6EA9

monochromatic

#62623A #888951 #A8A96E #BFC094 #D6D7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#A8A96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A96E

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A96E	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.079 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c298',
    500: '#a8a96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a96e;
$custom-light: #c3c298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 25.541,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71982,
    "c": 0.07927,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A96E

secondary

#ADADC6

accent

#66C267

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A96E

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

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