#A09E8A#A09E8A

#A09E8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.028 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E8A
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(55, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 13.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -2.84, 10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 11.09, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0061 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.028 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3111, 33.7626, 28.9072)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E8A #8A8CA0

analogous

#A0938A #A09E8A #97A08A

triadic

#A09E8A #8AA09E #9E8AA0

tetradic

#A09E8A #8AA093 #8A8CA0 #A08A97

square

#A09E8A #8AA093 #8A8CA0 #A08A97

split-complementary

#A09E8A #8A97A0 #938AA0

monochromatic

#615F4F #83806A #A09E8A #BBBAAC #D7D6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A09E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A09E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E8A

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E8A	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)

#A29C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.028 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbaac',
    500: '#a09e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e8a;
$custom-light: #bcbaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69532,
    "c": 0.02845,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E8A

secondary

#BFBFC7

accent

#7AB374

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E8A

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

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