#A8AE86#A8AE86

#A8AE86 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.056 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE86
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 134)
HSL	hsl(69, 20%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 23%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 23%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -9.00, 19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 21.82, 114.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0232 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.056 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5873, 40.3184, 28.4571)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE86 #8C86AE

analogous

#AEA086 #A8AE86 #94AE86

triadic

#A8AE86 #86A8AE #AE86A8

tetradic

#A8AE86 #86AEA0 #8C86AE #AE8694

square

#A8AE86 #86AEA0 #8C86AE #AE8694

split-complementary

#A8AE86 #8694AE #A086AE

monochromatic

#6A6F4A #8D9463 #A8AE86 #C2C7AB #DDDFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8AE86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A8AE86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE86

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE86	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AA84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.056 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6a9',
    500: '#a8ae86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae86;
$custom-light: #c2c6a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 19.802,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73554,
    "c": 0.05559,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE86

secondary

#C3C0D0

accent

#479E54

background

#FBFCFA

surface

#F7F8F4

border

#D0D1CE

text

#121310

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE86

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

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