#A4A498#A4A498

#A4A498 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.017 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A498
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 152)
HSL	hsl(60, 6%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 7%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -2.20, 6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 6.61, 109.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0049 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.017 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2520, 36.7106, 34.9811)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A498 #9898A4

analogous

#A49E98 #A4A498 #9EA498

triadic

#A4A498 #98A4A4 #A498A4

tetradic

#A4A498 #98A49E #9898A4 #A4989E

square

#A4A498 #98A49E #9898A4 #A4989E

split-complementary

#A4A498 #989EA4 #9E98A4

monochromatic

#67675B #878778 #A4A498 #C1C1B8 #DDDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A4A498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#A4A498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A498

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A498	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.017 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbeb6',
    500: '#a4a498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a498;
$custom-light: #bfbeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.186,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71524,
    "c": 0.01702,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A498

secondary

#CACACE

accent

#559055

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A498

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

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