#A8A39B#A8A39B

#A8A39B is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.013 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A39B
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 155)
HSL	hsl(37, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 8%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 7.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 0.35, 4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 4.80, 85.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0023 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.013 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1613, 36.8861, 36.2714)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A39B #9BA0A8

analogous

#A89C9B #A8A39B #A6A89B

triadic

#A8A39B #9BA8A3 #A39BA8

tetradic

#A8A39B #9BA89C #9BA0A8 #A89BA6

square

#A8A39B #9BA89C #9BA0A8 #A89BA6

split-complementary

#A8A39B #9BA6A8 #9C9BA8

monochromatic

#6B665D #8C857A #A8A39B #C4C1BC #E1DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A39B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#A8A39B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A39B

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A39B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A39B	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a39b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.013 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1beb8',
    500: '#a8a39b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a39b;
$custom-light: #c1beb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a39b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 6.952,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71732,
    "c": 0.0128,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A39B

secondary

#CDCFD2

accent

#6C9155

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A39B

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

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