#A09A86#A09A86

#A09A86 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.029 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A86
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 134)
HSL	hsl(46, 12%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 16%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 16.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -1.31, 11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 11.37, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0016 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.029 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3556, 32.3064, 27.1863)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A86 #868CA0

analogous

#A08D86 #A09A86 #99A086

triadic

#A09A86 #86A09A #9A86A0

tetradic

#A09A86 #86A08D #868CA0 #A08699

square

#A09A86 #86A08D #868CA0 #A08699

split-complementary

#A09A86 #8699A0 #8D86A0

monochromatic

#605B4B #827C66 #A09A86 #BBB7A8 #D6D3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A09A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A09A86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A86

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A86	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.029 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7a9',
    500: '#a09a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a86;
$custom-light: #bcb7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 12.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68572,
    "c": 0.02927,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A86

secondary

#BCBEC6

accent

#82B573

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12110F

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A86

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

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