#A09C8A#A09C8A

#A09C8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.026 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C8A
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(49, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 13.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -1.75, 9.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 10.11, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% -0.003 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.026 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9727, 33.0858, 28.7944)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C8A #8A8EA0

analogous

#A0918A #A09C8A #99A08A

triadic

#A09C8A #8AA09C #9C8AA0

tetradic

#A09C8A #8AA091 #8A8EA0 #A08A99

square

#A09C8A #8AA091 #8A8EA0 #A08A99

split-complementary

#A09C8A #8A99A0 #918AA0

monochromatic

#615E4F #837E6A #A09C8A #BBB9AC #D7D5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A09C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#A09C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C8A

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C8A	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.026 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9ac',
    500: '#a09c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c8a;
$custom-light: #bcb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69103,
    "c": 0.02602,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C8A

secondary

#BFC0C7

accent

#80B374

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C8A

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

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