#A09C8D#A09C8D

#A09C8D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.022 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C8D
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(47, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 12%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 11.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -1.24, 8.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 8.47, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0018 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.022 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1929, 33.1739, 29.9541)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C8D #8D91A0

analogous

#A0938D #A09C8D #9BA08D

triadic

#A09C8D #8DA09C #9C8DA0

tetradic

#A09C8D #8DA093 #8D91A0 #A08D9B

square

#A09C8D #8DA093 #8D91A0 #A08D9B

split-complementary

#A09C8D #8D9BA0 #938DA0

monochromatic

#615E51 #837E6D #A09C8D #BCB9AE #D8D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A09C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#A09C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C8D

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C8D	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)

#9F9B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.022 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9ae',
    500: '#a09c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c8d;
$custom-light: #bcb9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69183,
    "c": 0.02189,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C8D

secondary

#C1C2C8

accent

#82B276

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C8D

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

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