#A0AA8E#A0AA8E

#A0AA8E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.041 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AA8E
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 142)
HSL	hsl(81, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(81, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 16.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -8.64, 13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 15.83, 123.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0225 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.041 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7537, 38.1760, 31.1764)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AA8E #988EAA

analogous

#AAA68E #A0AA8E #92AA8E

triadic

#A0AA8E #8EA0AA #AA8EA0

tetradic

#A0AA8E #8EAAA6 #988EAA #AA8E92

square

#A0AA8E #8EAAA6 #988EAA #AA8E92

split-complementary

#A0AA8E #8E92AA #A68EAA

monochromatic

#636C51 #828F6C #A0AA8E #BDC4B1 #DBDFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A0AA8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#A0AA8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AA8E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AA8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AA8E	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA68C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA68F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aa8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.041 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3af',
    500: '#a0aa8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aa8e;
$custom-light: #bcc3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aa8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72231,
    "c": 0.04095,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AA8E

secondary

#C8C5CF

accent

#4D9868

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AA8E

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

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