#A8A997#A8A997

#A8A997 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.025 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A997
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(63, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 10.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -3.60, 9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 9.86, 111.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0085 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.025 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9217, 38.9353, 34.8950)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A997 #9897A9

analogous

#A9A197 #A8A997 #9FA997

triadic

#A8A997 #97A8A9 #A997A8

tetradic

#A8A997 #97A9A1 #9897A9 #A9979F

square

#A8A997 #97A9A1 #9897A9 #A9979F

split-complementary

#A8A997 #979FA9 #A197A9

monochromatic

#6B6C59 #8C8D76 #A8A997 #C4C5B8 #E0E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8A997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#A8A997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A997

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A997	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.025 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c2b5',
    500: '#a8a997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a997;
$custom-light: #c1c2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 9.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72891,
    "c": 0.02534,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A997

secondary

#CBCBD1

accent

#529356

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A997

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

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