#A8A992#A8A992

#A8A992 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.032 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A992
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 146)
HSL	hsl(63, 12%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 14%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 13.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -4.44, 11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 12.58, 110.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0106 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.032 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5242, 38.7763, 32.8017)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A992 #9392A9

analogous

#A99F92 #A8A992 #9DA992

triadic

#A8A992 #92A8A9 #A992A8

tetradic

#A8A992 #92A99F #9392A9 #A9929D

square

#A8A992 #92A99F #9392A9 #A9929D

split-complementary

#A8A992 #929DA9 #9F92A9

monochromatic

#6B6C55 #8D8E70 #A8A992 #C3C4B4 #DFDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8A992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A8A992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A992

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A992	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.032 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c2b2',
    500: '#a8a992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a992;
$custom-light: #c2c2b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 11.795,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72762,
    "c": 0.03225,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A992

secondary

#C8C7D0

accent

#509653

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F5

border

#D0D0CF

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A992

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

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