#A6A896#A6A896

#A6A896 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.025 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A896
RGB	rgb(166, 168, 150)
HSL	hsl(67, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(67, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 10.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -3.98, 9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 9.90, 113.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0096 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.025 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2328, 38.3144, 34.3876)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A896 #9896A8

analogous

#A8A196 #A6A896 #9DA896

triadic

#A6A896 #96A6A8 #A896A6

tetradic

#A6A896 #96A8A1 #9896A8 #A8969D

square

#A6A896 #96A8A1 #9896A8 #A8969D

split-complementary

#A6A896 #969DA8 #A196A8

monochromatic

#696B59 #8A8C75 #A6A896 #C2C4B7 #DFDFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A6A896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#A6A896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A896

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A896	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 168, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.025 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c1b4',
    500: '#a6a896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a896;
$custom-light: #c0c1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72487,
    "c": 0.02545,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A896

secondary

#CACAD0

accent

#529359

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A896

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

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