#A4A596#A4A596

#A4A596 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.021 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A596
RGB	rgb(164, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(64, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -3.10, 7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 8.26, 112.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0073 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.021 110)
XYZ	xyz(34.2693, 37.0049, 34.1856)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A596 #9796A5

analogous

#A59F96 #A4A596 #9DA596

triadic

#A4A596 #96A4A5 #A596A4

tetradic

#A4A596 #96A59F #9796A5 #A5969D

square

#A4A596 #96A59F #9796A5 #A5969D

split-complementary

#A4A596 #969DA5 #9F96A5

monochromatic

#676859 #878975 #A4A596 #C1C1B7 #DDDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A4A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A4A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A596

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A596	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.021 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbfb4',
    500: '#a4a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a596;
$custom-light: #bfbfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71682,
    "c": 0.02126,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.37005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A596

secondary

#C9C9CE

accent

#549258

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A596

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

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