#A8A49D#A8A49D

#A8A49D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.011 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A49D
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 157)
HSL	hsl(38, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 6.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 0.16, 4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 4.14, 87.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72% 0.0016 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.011 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5089, 37.3103, 37.2227)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A49D #9DA1A8

analogous

#A89E9D #A8A49D #A6A89D

triadic

#A8A49D #9DA8A4 #A49DA8

tetradic

#A8A49D #9DA89E #9DA1A8 #A89DA6

square

#A8A49D #9DA89E #9DA1A8 #A89DA6

split-complementary

#A8A49D #9DA6A8 #9E9DA8

monochromatic

#6B675F #8B867D #A8A49D #C5C2BD #E2E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#A8A49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A49D

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A49D	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.011 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1beb9',
    500: '#a8a49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a49d;
$custom-light: #c1beb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 5.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71999,
    "c": 0.011,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A49D

secondary

#CED0D2

accent

#6B9056

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A49D

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

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