#A6A494#A6A494

#A6A494 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.023 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A494
RGB	rgb(166, 164, 148)
HSL	hsl(53, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 11%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 10.8%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -2.16, 8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 8.83, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0044 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.023 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3461, 36.7963, 33.3042)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A494 #9496A6

analogous

#A69B94 #A6A494 #9FA694

triadic

#A6A494 #94A6A4 #A494A6

tetradic

#A6A494 #94A69B #9496A6 #A6949F

square

#A6A494 #94A69B #9496A6 #A6949F

split-complementary

#A6A494 #949FA6 #9B94A6

monochromatic

#696757 #8A8773 #A6A494 #C2C0B5 #DEDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A6A494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#A6A494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A494

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A494	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.023 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0beb3',
    500: '#a6a494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a494;
$custom-light: #c0beb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71582,
    "c": 0.02274,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A494

secondary

#C8C8CE

accent

#5A9352

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A494

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

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