#A09E89#A09E89

#A09E89 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.030 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E89
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 137)
HSL	hsl(55, 11%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 14.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -3.01, 11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 11.64, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0065 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.03 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2390, 33.7337, 28.5276)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E89 #898BA0

analogous

#A09289 #A09E89 #96A089

triadic

#A09E89 #89A09E #9E89A0

tetradic

#A09E89 #89A092 #898BA0 #A08996

square

#A09E89 #89A092 #898BA0 #A08996

split-complementary

#A09E89 #8996A0 #9289A0

monochromatic

#615F4E #838069 #A09E89 #BBBAAB #D7D6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A09E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A09E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E89

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E89	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.030 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbaab',
    500: '#a09e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e89;
$custom-light: #bcbaab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 10.798,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69506,
    "c": 0.02984,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E89

secondary

#BEBFC7

accent

#7AB474

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E89

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

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