#A8AA98#A8AA98

#A8AA98 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.025 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AA98
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 152)
HSL	hsl(67, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(67, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 10.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -3.97, 9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 9.88, 113.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0096 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.025 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1900, 39.3414, 35.3868)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AA98 #9A98AA

analogous

#AAA398 #A8AA98 #9FAA98

triadic

#A8AA98 #98A8AA #AA98A8

tetradic

#A8AA98 #98AAA3 #9A98AA #AA989F

square

#A8AA98 #98AAA3 #9A98AA #AA989F

split-complementary

#A8AA98 #989FAA #A398AA

monochromatic

#6B6D5A #8C8E76 #A8AA98 #C4C6BA #E1E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A8AA98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#A8AA98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AA98

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AA98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AA98	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aa98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.025 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3b6',
    500: '#a8aa98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aa98;
$custom-light: #c1c3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aa98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 9.574,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73131,
    "c": 0.0254,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AA98

secondary

#CCCCD2

accent

#529459

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AA98

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

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