#A09A88#A09A88

#A09A88 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.027 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A88
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 136)
HSL	hsl(45, 11%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 15%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 15%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -0.98, 10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 10.29, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0008 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.027 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4964, 32.3628, 27.9279)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A88 #888EA0

analogous

#A08E88 #A09A88 #9AA088

triadic

#A09A88 #88A09A #9A88A0

tetradic

#A09A88 #88A08E #888EA0 #A0889A

square

#A09A88 #88A08E #888EA0 #A0889A

split-complementary

#A09A88 #889AA0 #8E88A0

monochromatic

#615C4D #837C68 #A09A88 #BBB7AA #D6D4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A09A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A09A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A88

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A88	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.027 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7aa',
    500: '#a09a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a88;
$custom-light: #bcb7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 11.215,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68624,
    "c": 0.02657,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A88

secondary

#BDC0C7

accent

#84B474

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A88

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

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