#A8A993#A8A993

#A8A993 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.031 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A993
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 147)
HSL	hsl(63, 11%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 13%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 13%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -4.28, 11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 12.04, 110.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0102 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.031 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6023, 38.8076, 33.2132)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A993 #9493A9

analogous

#A99F93 #A8A993 #9DA993

triadic

#A8A993 #93A8A9 #A993A8

tetradic

#A8A993 #93A99F #9493A9 #A9939D

square

#A8A993 #93A99F #9493A9 #A9939D

split-complementary

#A8A993 #939DA9 #9F93A9

monochromatic

#6B6C56 #8D8E71 #A8A993 #C3C4B5 #DFDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8A993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A8A993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A993

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A993	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)

#ADA792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.031 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c2b2',
    500: '#a8a993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a993;
$custom-light: #c2c2b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 11.34,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72787,
    "c": 0.03087,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A993

secondary

#C8C8D0

accent

#509553

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F5

border

#D0D0CF

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A993

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

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