#A8A299#A8A299

#A8A299 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.015 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A299
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 153)
HSL	hsl(36, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 9%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 0.54, 5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 5.47, 84.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.003 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.015 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8179, 36.4657, 35.3352)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A299 #999FA8

analogous

#A89A99 #A8A299 #A6A899

triadic

#A8A299 #99A8A2 #A299A8

tetradic

#A8A299 #99A89A #999FA8 #A899A6

square

#A8A299 #99A89A #999FA8 #A899A6

split-complementary

#A8A299 #99A6A8 #9A99A8

monochromatic

#6B655B #8C8478 #A8A299 #C4C0BA #E0DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#A8A299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A299

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A299	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.015 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdb7',
    500: '#a8a299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a299;
$custom-light: #c1bdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71466,
    "c": 0.01461,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A299

secondary

#CCCED1

accent

#6D9254

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A299

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

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