#A8A985#A8A985

#A8A985 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.050 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A985
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 133)
HSL	hsl(62, 17%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 21%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 21.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -6.50, 18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 19.63, 109.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0161 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.05 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5698, 38.3946, 27.7755)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A985 #8685A9

analogous

#A99885 #A8A985 #96A985

triadic

#A8A985 #85A8A9 #A985A8

tetradic

#A8A985 #85A998 #8685A9 #A98596

square

#A8A985 #85A998 #8685A9 #A98596

split-complementary

#A8A985 #8596A9 #9885A9

monochromatic

#68694A #8C8D64 #A8A985 #C2C2A9 #DBDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8A985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#A8A985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A985

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A985	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.050 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c2a8',
    500: '#a8a985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a985;
$custom-light: #c2c2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 17.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7245,
    "c": 0.04986,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A985

secondary

#BEBECC

accent

#6EBA70

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A985

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

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