#A8A995#A8A995

#A8A995 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.028 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A995
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 149)
HSL	hsl(63, 10%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 12%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 11.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -3.94, 10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 10.95, 111.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0093 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.028 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7606, 38.8709, 34.0469)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A995 #9695A9

analogous

#A9A095 #A8A995 #9EA995

triadic

#A8A995 #95A8A9 #A995A8

tetradic

#A8A995 #95A9A0 #9695A9 #A9959E

square

#A8A995 #95A9A0 #9695A9 #A9959E

split-complementary

#A8A995 #959EA9 #A095A9

monochromatic

#6B6C58 #8C8E73 #A8A995 #C4C4B7 #DFE0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8A995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A8A995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A995

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A995	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.028 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c2b4',
    500: '#a8a995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a995;
$custom-light: #c2c2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 10.417,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72839,
    "c": 0.02811,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A995

secondary

#CAC9D1

accent

#519454

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A995

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

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