#A8A199#A8A199

#A8A199 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.014 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A199
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 153)
HSL	hsl(32, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(32, 9%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 1.09, 5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 5.18, 77.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0045 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.014 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6425, 36.1148, 35.2767)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A199 #99A0A8

analogous

#A89999 #A8A199 #A8A899

triadic

#A8A199 #99A8A1 #A199A8

tetradic

#A8A199 #99A899 #99A0A8 #A899A8

square

#A8A199 #99A899 #99A0A8 #A899A8

split-complementary

#A8A199 #99A8A8 #9999A8

monochromatic

#6B645B #8C8378 #A8A199 #C4BFBA #E0DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A8A199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A199

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A199	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.014 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcb7',
    500: '#a8a199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a199;
$custom-light: #c1bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71257,
    "c": 0.01405,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A199

secondary

#CCCED1

accent

#719254

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A199

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

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