#A4A696#A4A696

#A4A696 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.023 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A696
RGB	rgb(164, 166, 150)
HSL	hsl(68, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(68, 10%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 9.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -3.64, 8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 8.83, 114.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0088 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.023 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4504, 37.3671, 34.2459)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A696 #9896A6

analogous

#A6A096 #A4A696 #9CA696

triadic

#A4A696 #96A4A6 #A696A4

tetradic

#A4A696 #96A6A0 #9896A6 #A6969C

square

#A4A696 #96A6A0 #9896A6 #A6969C

split-complementary

#A4A696 #969CA6 #A096A6

monochromatic

#676959 #878A75 #A4A696 #C1C2B7 #DDDED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A4A696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A4A696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A696

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A696	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 166, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.023 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc0b4',
    500: '#a4a696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a696;
$custom-light: #bfc0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 8.247,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71896,
    "c": 0.02273,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A696

secondary

#CAC9CF

accent

#53925B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A696

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

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