#A09C8F#A09C8F

#A09C8F is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.019 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C8F
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(46, 8%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 10.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -0.90, 7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 7.38, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0009 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.019 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3431, 33.2340, 30.7449)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C8F #8F93A0

analogous

#A0948F #A09C8F #9CA08F

triadic

#A09C8F #8FA09C #9C8FA0

tetradic

#A09C8F #8FA094 #8F93A0 #A08F9C

square

#A09C8F #8FA094 #8F93A0 #A08F9C

split-complementary

#A09C8F #8F9CA0 #948FA0

monochromatic

#625E53 #837E6F #A09C8F #BCB9B0 #D8D7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A09C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#A09C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C8F

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C8F	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.019 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9af',
    500: '#a09c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c8f;
$custom-light: #bcb9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 8.213,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69237,
    "c": 0.01915,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C8F

secondary

#C2C4C9

accent

#84B177

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C8F

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

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