Information about #A8A48E color
Basic facts about this digital color
A gently muted yellow, #A8A48E has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Double Tana (#A8A48C). Slightly further away sit Treetops (#A6A28F) and Half Craigieburn (#A9A18F).
In RGB terms — rgb(168, 164, 142) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 8.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.5:1. #A8A48E has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#A8A48E color variations
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#A8A48E color tints
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#A8A48E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A8A48E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A8A48E color hues
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#A8A48E color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A8A48E color
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Nearest named colors to #A8A48E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A8A48C
#A6A28F
#A9A18F
#A9A790
#A7A392
#A5A391
#AAA08D
#A5A88F
#A69F8E
#A8A293
#AA9F8B
#A8A495
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A8A48E
- RGB168, 164, 142
- CMYK0, 2, 10, 34
- CSSrgb(168, 164, 142)
- HSL51°, 13%, 61%
- HSL Precise50.769°, 13%, 60.784%
- HSV51°, 15%, 66%
- HSB51°, 15%, 66%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.643
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.557
- GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.643, 0.557)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.643, 0.557, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.643, 0.557)
- Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB64.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB55.7%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA8A48E
- DECIMAL ID11052174
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
