#A09B8A#A09B8A

#A09B8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.025 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B8A
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(46, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 13.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -1.20, 9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 9.64, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0015 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.025 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8056, 32.7516, 28.7387)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B8A #8A8FA0

analogous

#A0908A #A09B8A #9AA08A

triadic

#A09B8A #8AA09B #9B8AA0

tetradic

#A09B8A #8AA090 #8A8FA0 #A08A9A

square

#A09B8A #8AA090 #8A8FA0 #A08A9A

split-complementary

#A09B8A #8A9AA0 #908AA0

monochromatic

#615D4F #837D6A #A09B8A #BBB8AC #D7D5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A09B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A09B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B8A

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B8A	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.025 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8ac',
    500: '#a09b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b8a;
$custom-light: #bcb8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6889,
    "c": 0.0249,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B8A

secondary

#BFC1C7

accent

#83B374

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B8A

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

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