#A8A499#A8A499

#A8A499 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.016 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A499
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 153)
HSL	hsl(44, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 9%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -0.55, 6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 6.24, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0001 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.016 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1730, 37.1759, 35.4535)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A499 #999DA8

analogous

#A89C99 #A8A499 #A4A899

triadic

#A8A499 #99A8A4 #A499A8

tetradic

#A8A499 #99A89C #999DA8 #A899A4

square

#A8A499 #99A89C #999DA8 #A899A4

split-complementary

#A8A499 #99A4A8 #9C99A8

monochromatic

#6B675B #8C8778 #A8A499 #C4C1BA #E0DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#A8A499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A499

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A499	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.016 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1beb7',
    500: '#a8a499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a499;
$custom-light: #c1beb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71886,
    "c": 0.01628,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A499

secondary

#CCCDD1

accent

#649254

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A499

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

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