#A49896#A49896

#A49896 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.015 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49896
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 150)
HSL	hsl(9, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(9, 9%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, 4.04, 2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 4.83, 33.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% 0.0127 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.015 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0425, 32.5514, 33.4433)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49896 #96A2A4

analogous

#A4969B #A49896 #A49F96

triadic

#A49896 #96A498 #9896A4

tetradic

#A49896 #9BA496 #96A2A4 #9F96A4

square

#A49896 #9BA496 #96A2A4 #9F96A4

split-complementary

#A49896 #96A49F #969BA4

monochromatic

#675B59 #877875 #A49896 #C0B8B7 #DDD8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A49896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A49896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49896

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49896	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.015 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb6b4',
    500: '#a49896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49896;
$custom-light: #bfb6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68943,
    "c": 0.01451,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49896

secondary

#C8CDCE

accent

#889154

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49896

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

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