#A8A97D#A8A97D

#A8A97D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.060 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A97D
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 125)
HSL	hsl(61, 20%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 26%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 26%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -7.67, 22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 23.93, 108.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0196 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.06 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0381, 38.1819, 24.9748)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A97D #7E7DA9

analogous

#A9947D #A8A97D #92A97D

triadic

#A8A97D #7DA8A9 #A97DA8

tetradic

#A8A97D #7DA994 #7E7DA9 #A97D92

square

#A8A97D #7DA994 #7E7DA9 #A97D92

split-complementary

#A8A97D #7D92A9 #947DA9

monochromatic

#666744 #8B8C5D #A8A97D #C1C1A2 #D9DAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#A8A97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A97D

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A97D	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A57A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.060 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c2a3',
    500: '#a8a97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a97d;
$custom-light: #c2c2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 20.37,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72275,
    "c": 0.06039,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A97D

secondary

#B8B8CA

accent

#6BBD6D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F3

border

#D1D0CD

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A97D

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

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