#A4A797#A4A797

#A4A797 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.023 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A797
RGB	rgb(164, 167, 151)
HSL	hsl(71, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 10%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 9.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -4.01, 7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 8.87, 116.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0099 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.023 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7137, 37.7644, 34.7326)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A797 #9A97A7

analogous

#A7A297 #A4A797 #9CA797

triadic

#A4A797 #97A4A7 #A797A4

tetradic

#A4A797 #97A7A2 #9A97A7 #A7979C

square

#A4A797 #97A7A2 #9A97A7 #A7979C

split-complementary

#A4A797 #979CA7 #A297A7

monochromatic

#676A5A #878B76 #A4A797 #C1C3B8 #DEDFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A4A797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#A4A797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A797

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A797	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 167, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.023 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc1b5',
    500: '#a4a797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a797;
$custom-light: #bfc1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72136,
    "c": 0.02286,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A797

secondary

#CBCAD0

accent

#53925F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A797

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

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