#A8A29D#A8A29D

#A8A29D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.010 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A29D
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 157)
HSL	hsl(27, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 6.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 1.25, 3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 3.59, 69.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0046 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.01 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1538, 36.6001, 37.1043)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A29D #9DA3A8

analogous

#A89D9D #A8A29D #A8A79D

triadic

#A8A29D #9DA8A2 #A29DA8

tetradic

#A8A29D #9DA89D #9DA3A8 #A79DA8

square

#A8A29D #9DA89D #9DA3A8 #A79DA8

split-complementary

#A8A29D #9DA8A7 #9D9DA8

monochromatic

#6B655F #8B837D #A8A29D #C5C1BD #E2E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A29D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A8A29D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A29D

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A29D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A29D	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a29d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.010 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdb9',
    500: '#a8a29d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a29d;
$custom-light: #c1bdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a29d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 5.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7158,
    "c": 0.01002,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A29D

secondary

#CED1D2

accent

#759056

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A29D

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

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