#A8A49A#A8A49A

#A8A49A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.015 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A49A
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 154)
HSL	hsl(43, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 8%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 8.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -0.37, 5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 5.71, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0003 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.015 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2559, 37.2091, 35.8904)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A49A #9A9EA8

analogous

#A89D9A #A8A49A #A5A89A

triadic

#A8A49A #9AA8A4 #A49AA8

tetradic

#A8A49A #9AA89D #9A9EA8 #A89AA5

square

#A8A49A #9AA89D #9A9EA8 #A89AA5

split-complementary

#A8A49A #9AA5A8 #9D9AA8

monochromatic

#6B675C #8C8679 #A8A49A #C4C2BB #E1DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#A8A49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A49A

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A49A	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)

#A7A499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.015 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1beb7',
    500: '#a8a49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a49a;
$custom-light: #c1beb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 7.447,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71914,
    "c": 0.01494,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A49A

secondary

#CCCED1

accent

#669154

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A49A

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

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