#A8A98E#A8A98E

#A8A98E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.038 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A98E
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 142)
HSL	hsl(62, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 16%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 16%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -5.10, 13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 14.76, 110.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0123 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.038 109)
XYZ	xyz(35.2185, 38.6540, 31.1916)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A98E #8F8EA9

analogous

#A99C8E #A8A98E #9AA98E

triadic

#A8A98E #8EA8A9 #A98EA8

tetradic

#A8A98E #8EA99C #8F8EA9 #A98E9A

square

#A8A98E #8EA99C #8F8EA9 #A98E9A

split-complementary

#A8A98E #8E9AA9 #9C8EA9

monochromatic

#6A6B52 #8D8E6C #A8A98E #C3C3B1 #DEDED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A8A98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A8A98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A98E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A98E	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA68C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.038 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c2af',
    500: '#a8a98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a98e;
$custom-light: #c2c2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 13.568,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72662,
    "c": 0.03772,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.38654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A98E

secondary

#C5C4CE

accent

#4E9851

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A98E

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

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