#A8AC8E#A8AC8E

#A8AC8E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.042 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AC8E
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 142)
HSL	hsl(68, 15%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(68, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 17.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -6.70, 14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 16.42, 114.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0168 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.042 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7830, 39.7831, 31.3798)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AC8E #928EAC

analogous

#ACA18E #A8AC8E #99AC8E

triadic

#A8AC8E #8EA8AC #AC8EA8

tetradic

#A8AC8E #8EACA1 #928EAC #AC8E99

square

#A8AC8E #8EACA1 #928EAC #AC8E99

split-complementary

#A8AC8E #8E99AC #A18EAC

monochromatic

#6B6E51 #8D926B #A8AC8E #C3C6B1 #DEE0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8AC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#A8AC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AC8E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AC8E	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A98C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ac8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.042 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4af',
    500: '#a8ac8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ac8e;
$custom-light: #c2c4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ac8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 15.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73307,
    "c": 0.04202,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AC8E

secondary

#C7C5D0

accent

#4C9A56

background

#FBFCFA

surface

#F7F8F4

border

#D0D1CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AC8E

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

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