#A6AA8A#A6AA8A

#A6AA8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.045 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AA8A
RGB	rgb(166, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(68, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -7.03, 16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 17.53, 113.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0177 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.045 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6877, 38.6916, 29.6807)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AA8A #8E8AAA

analogous

#AA9E8A #A6AA8A #96AA8A

triadic

#A6AA8A #8AA6AA #AA8AA6

tetradic

#A6AA8A #8AAA9E #8E8AAA #AA8A96

square

#A6AA8A #8AAA9E #8E8AAA #AA8A96

split-complementary

#A6AA8A #8A96AA #9E8AAA

monochromatic

#686C4E #8A8F68 #A6AA8A #C1C4AD #DCDED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A6AA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#A6AA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AA8A

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AA8A	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA88B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.045 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c3ac',
    500: '#a6aa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aa8a;
$custom-light: #c0c3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72617,
    "c": 0.04479,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AA8A

secondary

#C3C2CE

accent

#4B9A55

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AA8A

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

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