#A09A7E#A09A7E

#A09A7E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.040 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A7E
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 126)
HSL	hsl(49, 15%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 21%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 21.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -2.58, 15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 15.73, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0051 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.04 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8186, 32.0916, 24.3581)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A7E #7E84A0

analogous

#A0897E #A09A7E #95A07E

triadic

#A09A7E #7EA09A #9A7EA0

tetradic

#A09A7E #7EA089 #7E84A0 #A07E95

square

#A09A7E #7EA089 #7E84A0 #A07E95

split-complementary

#A09A7E #7E95A0 #897EA0

monochromatic

#5E5A45 #817B5F #A09A7E #BAB6A1 #D4D1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A09A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A09A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A7E

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A7E	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0987C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.040 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7a3',
    500: '#a09a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a7e;
$custom-light: #bcb7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 15.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68375,
    "c": 0.04004,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A7E

secondary

#B6B8C4

accent

#7DB870

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#12110F

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A7E

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

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