#A4AE8E#A4AE8E

#A4AE8E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.046 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE8E
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 142)
HSL	hsl(79, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 18.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -9.27, 15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 17.87, 121.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0242 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.046 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3278, 40.1176, 31.4683)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE8E #988EAE

analogous

#AEA88E #A4AE8E #94AE8E

triadic

#A4AE8E #8EA4AE #AE8EA4

tetradic

#A4AE8E #8EAEA8 #988EAE #AE8E94

square

#A4AE8E #8EAEA8 #988EAE #AE8E94

split-complementary

#A4AE8E #8E94AE #A88EAE

monochromatic

#677151 #87946A #A4AE8E #C1C8B2 #DDE1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A4AE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#A4AE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE8E

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE8E	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AA8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.046 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc6af',
    500: '#a4ae8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae8e;
$custom-light: #bfc6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.75,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73419,
    "c": 0.04606,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE8E

secondary

#CAC6D2

accent

#4B9B64

background

#FBFCFA

surface

#F7F8F4

border

#D0D1CE

text

#121310

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE8E

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

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