#A8A989#A8A989

#A8A989 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.044 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A989
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 137)
HSL	hsl(62, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 19%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 18.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -5.89, 16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 17.47, 109.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0144 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.045 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8515, 38.5072, 29.2587)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A989 #8A89A9

analogous

#A99A89 #A8A989 #98A989

triadic

#A8A989 #89A8A9 #A989A8

tetradic

#A8A989 #89A99A #8A89A9 #A98998

square

#A8A989 #89A99A #8A89A9 #A98998

split-complementary

#A8A989 #8998A9 #9A89A9

monochromatic

#696A4D #8C8E67 #A8A989 #C2C3AC #DCDDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A8A989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#A8A989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A989

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A989	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.044 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c2ab',
    500: '#a8a989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a989;
$custom-light: #c2c2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 15.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72542,
    "c": 0.0445,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A989

secondary

#C1C1CD

accent

#6FB872

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A989

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

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