#A8A98D#A8A98D

#A8A98D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.039 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A98D
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 141)
HSL	hsl(62, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 16.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -5.26, 14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 15.30, 110.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0127 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.039 109)
XYZ	xyz(35.1437, 38.6241, 30.7979)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A98D #8E8DA9

analogous

#A99C8D #A8A98D #9AA98D

triadic

#A8A98D #8DA8A9 #A98DA8

tetradic

#A8A98D #8DA99C #8E8DA9 #A98D9A

square

#A8A98D #8DA99C #8E8DA9 #A98D9A

split-complementary

#A8A98D #8D9AA9 #9C8DA9

monochromatic

#6A6B51 #8D8E6B #A8A98D #C3C3B0 #DDDED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A8A98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#A8A98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A98D

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A98D	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA68B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA88E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.039 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c2ae',
    500: '#a8a98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a98d;
$custom-light: #c2c2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 14,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72638,
    "c": 0.03908,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.38624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A98D

secondary

#C4C4CE

accent

#4D9850

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A98D

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

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