#A09E7E#A09E7E

#A09E7E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.045 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E7E
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 126)
HSL	hsl(56, 15%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 21%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 21.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -4.75, 17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 17.68, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0113 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.045 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4898, 33.4341, 24.5818)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E7E #7E80A0

analogous

#A08D7E #A09E7E #91A07E

triadic

#A09E7E #7EA09E #9E7EA0

tetradic

#A09E7E #7EA08D #7E80A0 #A07E91

square

#A09E7E #7EA08D #7E80A0 #A07E91

split-complementary

#A09E7E #7E91A0 #8D7EA0

monochromatic

#5E5D45 #817F5F #A09E7E #BAB9A1 #D4D3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A09E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#A09E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E7E

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E7E	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.045 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbaa3',
    500: '#a09e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e7e;
$custom-light: #bcbaa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 15.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69237,
    "c": 0.04489,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E7E

secondary

#B6B7C4

accent

#74B870

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#12110F

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E7E

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

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