#A09C8E#A09C8E

#A09C8E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.021 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C8E
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(47, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 11.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -1.07, 7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 7.92, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0013 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.021 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2677, 33.2038, 30.3477)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C8E #8E92A0

analogous

#A0938E #A09C8E #9BA08E

triadic

#A09C8E #8EA09C #9C8EA0

tetradic

#A09C8E #8EA093 #8E92A0 #A08E9B

square

#A09C8E #8EA093 #8E92A0 #A08E9B

split-complementary

#A09C8E #8E9BA0 #938EA0

monochromatic

#625E52 #837E6E #A09C8E #BCB9AF #D8D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A09C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#A09C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C8E

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C8E	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.021 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9af',
    500: '#a09c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c8e;
$custom-light: #bcb9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 8.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6921,
    "c": 0.02052,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C8E

secondary

#C1C3C8

accent

#83B276

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C8E

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

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