#A4A296#A4A296

#A4A296 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.017 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A296
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 9%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -1.47, 6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 6.66, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0027 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.017 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7345, 35.9354, 34.0073)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A296 #9698A4

analogous

#A49B96 #A4A296 #9FA496

triadic

#A4A296 #96A4A2 #A296A4

tetradic

#A4A296 #96A49B #9698A4 #A4969F

square

#A4A296 #96A49B #9698A4 #A4969F

split-complementary

#A4A296 #969FA4 #9B96A4

monochromatic

#676559 #878575 #A4A296 #C0BFB7 #DDDCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A4A296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A4A296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A296

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A296	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.017 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbdb4',
    500: '#a4a296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a296;
$custom-light: #bfbdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71044,
    "c": 0.01721,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A296

secondary

#C8C9CE

accent

#5D9154

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A296

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

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