#A09D97#A09D97

#A09D97 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.009 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D97
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 151)
HSL	hsl(40, 5%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 6%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 5.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -0.03, 3.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 3.52, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0009 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.009 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1393, 33.8221, 34.1073)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D97 #979AA0

analogous

#A09897 #A09D97 #9EA097

triadic

#A09D97 #97A09D #9D97A0

tetradic

#A09D97 #97A098 #979AA0 #A0979E

square

#A09D97 #97A098 #979AA0 #A0979E

split-complementary

#A09D97 #979EA0 #9897A0

monochromatic

#63605A #837F77 #A09D97 #BDBBB7 #DAD9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A09D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#A09D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D97

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D97	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.009 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9b5',
    500: '#a09d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d97;
$custom-light: #bcb9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 4.523,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69674,
    "c": 0.00931,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D97

secondary

#C8C9CB

accent

#6A8E57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D97

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

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