#A4AA8E#A4AA8E

#A4AA8E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.040 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AA8E
RGB	rgb(164, 170, 142)
HSL	hsl(73, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 16.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -7.14, 13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 15.49, 117.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0182 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.04 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5665, 38.5951, 31.2145)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AA8E #948EAA

analogous

#AAA28E #A4AA8E #96AA8E

triadic

#A4AA8E #8EA4AA #AA8EA4

tetradic

#A4AA8E #8EAAA2 #948EAA #AA8E96

square

#A4AA8E #8EAAA2 #948EAA #AA8E96

split-complementary

#A4AA8E #8E96AA #A28EAA

monochromatic

#666C51 #888F6C #A4AA8E #C0C4B1 #DCDFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A4AA8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#A4AA8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AA8E

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AA8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AA8E	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA78C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aa8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 170, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.040 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3af',
    500: '#a4aa8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aa8e;
$custom-light: #bfc3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aa8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72551,
    "c": 0.03979,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AA8E

secondary

#C7C5CF

accent

#4D985D

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AA8E

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

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