#A29C8A#A29C8A

#A29C8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.027 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A29C8A
RGB	rgb(162, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(45, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 14.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -0.98, 10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 10.26, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.0008 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.027 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3759, 33.2937, 28.8133)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A29C8A #8A90A2

analogous

#A2908A #A29C8A #9CA28A

triadic

#A29C8A #8AA29C #9C8AA2

tetradic

#A29C8A #8AA290 #8A90A2 #A28A9C

square

#A29C8A #8AA290 #8A90A2 #A28A9C

split-complementary

#A29C8A #8A9CA2 #908AA2

monochromatic

#635E4F #857E6A #A29C8A #BDB9AC #D8D6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A29C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#A29C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A29C8A

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A29C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A29C8A	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a29c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.027 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9ac',
    500: '#a29c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a29c8a;
$custom-light: #bdb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a29c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69276,
    "c": 0.02651,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A29C8A

secondary

#BFC2C9

accent

#84B473

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A29C8A

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

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