#A0AA8A#A0AA8A

#A0AA8A is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.046 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AA8A
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(79, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(79, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -9.30, 15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 17.94, 121.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0243 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.046 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4588, 38.0580, 29.6231)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AA8A #948AAA

analogous

#AAA48A #A0AA8A #90AA8A

triadic

#A0AA8A #8AA0AA #AA8AA0

tetradic

#A0AA8A #8AAAA4 #948AAA #AA8A90

square

#A0AA8A #8AAAA4 #948AAA #AA8A90

split-complementary

#A0AA8A #8A90AA #A48AAA

monochromatic

#626C4E #838F68 #A0AA8A #BDC4AD #DADED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A0AA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A0AA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AA8A

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AA8A	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA68B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.046 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3ac',
    500: '#a0aa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aa8a;
$custom-light: #bcc3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.75,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72134,
    "c": 0.04623,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AA8A

secondary

#C6C2CE

accent

#4B9A64

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AA8A

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

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