#A8A49E#A8A49E

#A8A49E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.010 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A49E
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 158)
HSL	hsl(36, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 0.34, 3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 3.63, 84.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.002 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.01 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5946, 37.3446, 37.6742)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A49E #9EA2A8

analogous

#A89F9E #A8A49E #A7A89E

triadic

#A8A49E #9EA8A4 #A49EA8

tetradic

#A8A49E #9EA89F #9EA2A8 #A89EA7

square

#A8A49E #9EA89F #9EA2A8 #A89EA7

split-complementary

#A8A49E #9EA7A8 #9F9EA8

monochromatic

#6B6760 #8B867E #A8A49E #C5C2BE #E2E1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A8A49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A49E

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A49E	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.010 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfba',
    500: '#a8a49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a49e;
$custom-light: #c1bfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72027,
    "c": 0.00974,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A49E

secondary

#CFD1D3

accent

#6D8F56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A49E

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

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