#A8AA8A#A8AA8A

#A8AA8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.045 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AA8A
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(64, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -6.27, 16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 17.47, 111.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0155 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.045 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1103, 38.9096, 29.7005)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AA8A #8C8AAA

analogous

#AA9C8A #A8AA8A #98AA8A

triadic

#A8AA8A #8AA8AA #AA8AA8

tetradic

#A8AA8A #8AAA9C #8C8AAA #AA8A98

square

#A8AA8A #8AAA9C #8C8AAA #AA8A98

split-complementary

#A8AA8A #8A98AA #9C8AAA

monochromatic

#6A6C4E #8D8F68 #A8AA8A #C2C4AD #DDDED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8AA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#A8AA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AA8A

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AA8A	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A88B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.045 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c3ac',
    500: '#a8aa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aa8a;
$custom-light: #c2c3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72781,
    "c": 0.04454,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AA8A

secondary

#C3C2CE

accent

#4B9A50

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AA8A

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

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