#A09C8C#A09C8C

#A09C8C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.023 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C8C
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 140)
HSL	hsl(48, 10%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 13%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 12.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -1.41, 8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 9.01, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0022 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.023 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1188, 33.1443, 29.5640)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C8C #8C90A0

analogous

#A0928C #A09C8C #9AA08C

triadic

#A09C8C #8CA09C #9C8CA0

tetradic

#A09C8C #8CA092 #8C90A0 #A08C9A

square

#A09C8C #8CA092 #8C90A0 #A08C9A

split-complementary

#A09C8C #8C9AA0 #928CA0

monochromatic

#615E50 #837E6C #A09C8C #BCB9AE #D7D6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A09C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#A09C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C8C

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C8C	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.023 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9ad',
    500: '#a09c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c8c;
$custom-light: #bcb9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69156,
    "c": 0.02326,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C8C

secondary

#C0C2C8

accent

#82B375

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C8C

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

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