#A8A699#A8A699

#A8A699 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.019 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A699
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 9%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -1.64, 6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 7.17, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0031 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.019 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5337, 37.8974, 35.5738)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A699 #999BA8

analogous

#A89E99 #A8A699 #A2A899

triadic

#A8A699 #99A8A6 #A699A8

tetradic

#A8A699 #99A89E #999BA8 #A899A2

square

#A8A699 #99A89E #999BA8 #A899A2

split-complementary

#A8A699 #99A2A8 #9E99A8

monochromatic

#6B695B #8C8978 #A8A699 #C4C3BA #E0E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#A8A699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A699

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A699	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.019 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0b7',
    500: '#a8a699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a699;
$custom-light: #c1c0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72308,
    "c": 0.01852,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A699

secondary

#CCCCD1

accent

#5C9254

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A699

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

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