#A8A599#A8A599

#A8A599 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.017 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A599
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 153)
HSL	hsl(48, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 9%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -1.09, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 6.69, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0016 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.017 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3527, 37.5353, 35.5134)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A599 #999CA8

analogous

#A89D99 #A8A599 #A3A899

triadic

#A8A599 #99A8A5 #A599A8

tetradic

#A8A599 #99A89D #999CA8 #A899A3

square

#A8A599 #99A89D #999CA8 #A899A3

split-complementary

#A8A599 #99A3A8 #9D99A8

monochromatic

#6B685B #8C8878 #A8A599 #C4C2BA #E0DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#A8A599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A599

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A599	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.017 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfb7',
    500: '#a8a599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a599;
$custom-light: #c1bfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72097,
    "c": 0.01734,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A599

secondary

#CCCDD1

accent

#609254

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A599

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

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