#A09D8A#A09D8A

#A09D8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.027 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D8A
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 13.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -2.29, 10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 10.59, 102.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0046 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.027 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1412, 33.4228, 28.8505)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D8A #8A8DA0

analogous

#A0928A #A09D8A #98A08A

triadic

#A09D8A #8AA09D #9D8AA0

tetradic

#A09D8A #8AA092 #8A8DA0 #A08A98

square

#A09D8A #8AA092 #8A8DA0 #A08A98

split-complementary

#A09D8A #8A98A0 #928AA0

monochromatic

#615E4F #837F6A #A09D8A #BBB9AC #D7D6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A09D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#A09D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D8A

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D8A	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.027 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9ac',
    500: '#a09d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d8a;
$custom-light: #bcb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69317,
    "c": 0.0272,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D8A

secondary

#BFC0C7

accent

#7DB374

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D8A

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

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