#A8A49B#A8A49B

#A8A49B is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.014 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A49B
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 155)
HSL	hsl(42, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 8%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 7.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -0.20, 5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 5.18, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0008 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.014 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3396, 37.2426, 36.3308)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A49B #9B9FA8

analogous

#A89D9B #A8A49B #A5A89B

triadic

#A8A49B #9BA8A4 #A49BA8

tetradic

#A8A49B #9BA89D #9B9FA8 #A89BA5

square

#A8A49B #9BA89D #9B9FA8 #A89BA5

split-complementary

#A8A49B #9BA5A8 #9D9BA8

monochromatic

#6B675D #8C867A #A8A49B #C4C2BC #E1E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A49B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#A8A49B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A49B

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A49B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A49B	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.014 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1beb8',
    500: '#a8a49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a49b;
$custom-light: #c1beb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 6.952,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71942,
    "c": 0.01361,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A49B

secondary

#CDCFD2

accent

#679155

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A49B

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

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