#A09C80#A09C80

#A09C80 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.040 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C80
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 128)
HSL	hsl(53, 14%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 20%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 20%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -3.36, 15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 15.59, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0073 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.04 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2818, 32.8095, 25.1555)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C80 #8084A0

analogous

#A08C80 #A09C80 #94A080

triadic

#A09C80 #80A09C #9C80A0

tetradic

#A09C80 #80A08C #8084A0 #A08094

square

#A09C80 #80A08C #8084A0 #A08094

split-complementary

#A09C80 #8094A0 #8C80A0

monochromatic

#5F5C47 #827E61 #A09C80 #BAB7A3 #D4D3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A09C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A09C80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C80

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C80	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39C81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.040 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9a5',
    500: '#a09c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c80;
$custom-light: #bcb9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 14.414,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68853,
    "c": 0.03968,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C80

secondary

#B7B9C4

accent

#79B771

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12110F

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C80

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

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