#A09C88#A09C88

#A09C88 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.029 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C88
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 136)
HSL	hsl(50, 11%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 15%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 15%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -2.08, 11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 11.20, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0039 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.029 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8293, 33.0284, 28.0388)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C88 #888CA0

analogous

#A09088 #A09C88 #98A088

triadic

#A09C88 #88A09C #9C88A0

tetradic

#A09C88 #88A090 #888CA0 #A08898

square

#A09C88 #88A090 #888CA0 #A08898

split-complementary

#A09C88 #8898A0 #9088A0

monochromatic

#615D4D #837E68 #A09C88 #BBB8AA #D6D5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A09C88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#A09C88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C88

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C88	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.029 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9aa',
    500: '#a09c88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c88;
$custom-light: #bcb9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 11.215,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69051,
    "c": 0.02876,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C88

secondary

#BDBFC7

accent

#7EB474

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C88

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

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