#A09E8E#A09E8E

#A09E8E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.023 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E8E
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 142)
HSL	hsl(53, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 11.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -2.17, 8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 8.89, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0044 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.023 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6060, 33.8805, 30.4605)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E8E #8E90A0

analogous

#A0958E #A09E8E #99A08E

triadic

#A09E8E #8EA09E #9E8EA0

tetradic

#A09E8E #8EA095 #8E90A0 #A08E99

square

#A09E8E #8EA095 #8E90A0 #A08E99

split-complementary

#A09E8E #8E99A0 #958EA0

monochromatic

#626052 #83816E #A09E8E #BCBBAF #D8D7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A09E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A09E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E8E

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E8E	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.023 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbaaf',
    500: '#a09e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e8e;
$custom-light: #bcbaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 8.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69637,
    "c": 0.02288,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E8E

secondary

#C1C2C8

accent

#7DB276

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E8E

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

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