#A6AA8E#A6AA8E

#A6AA8E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.039 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AA8E
RGB	rgb(166, 170, 142)
HSL	hsl(69, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 16.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -6.39, 13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 15.37, 114.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.016 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.039 114)
XYZ	xyz(34.9826, 38.8096, 31.2340)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AA8E #928EAA

analogous

#AAA08E #A6AA8E #98AA8E

triadic

#A6AA8E #8EA6AA #AA8EA6

tetradic

#A6AA8E #8EAAA0 #928EAA #AA8E98

square

#A6AA8E #8EAAA0 #928EAA #AA8E98

split-complementary

#A6AA8E #8E98AA #A08EAA

monochromatic

#686C51 #8A8F6C #A6AA8E #C2C4B1 #DDDFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A6AA8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A6AA8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AA8E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AA8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AA8E	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA78C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aa8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 170, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.039 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c3af',
    500: '#a6aa8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aa8e;
$custom-light: #c0c3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aa8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72713,
    "c": 0.03939,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.38809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AA8E

secondary

#C6C5CF

accent

#4D9858

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AA8E

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

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