#A7A596#A7A596

#A7A596 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.021 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7A596
RGB	rgb(167, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 10%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 10.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -1.98, 8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 8.27, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.004 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.021 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8959, 37.3280, 34.2149)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7A596 #9698A7

analogous

#A79D96 #A7A596 #A1A796

triadic

#A7A596 #96A7A5 #A596A7

tetradic

#A7A596 #96A79D #9698A7 #A796A1

square

#A7A596 #96A79D #9698A7 #A796A1

split-complementary

#A7A596 #96A1A7 #9D96A7

monochromatic

#6A6859 #8B8875 #A7A596 #C3C2B7 #DFDED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A7A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A7A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7A596

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7A596	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.021 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfb4',
    500: '#a7a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7a596;
$custom-light: #c1bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 8.808,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71932,
    "c": 0.02132,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7A596

secondary

#C9CAD0

accent

#5A9353

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7A596

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

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