#A8A69A#A8A69A

#A8A69A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.017 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A69A
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 154)
HSL	hsl(51, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 8%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 8.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -1.46, 6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 6.63, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0027 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.017 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6167, 37.9306, 36.0106)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A69A #9A9CA8

analogous

#A89F9A #A8A69A #A3A89A

triadic

#A8A69A #9AA8A6 #A69AA8

tetradic

#A8A69A #9AA89F #9A9CA8 #A89AA3

square

#A8A69A #9AA89F #9A9CA8 #A89AA3

split-complementary

#A8A69A #9AA3A8 #9F9AA8

monochromatic

#6B695C #8C8979 #A8A69A #C4C3BB #E1E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A69A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#A8A69A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A69A

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A69A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A69A	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a69a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.017 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0b7',
    500: '#a8a69a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a69a;
$custom-light: #c1c0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a69a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 7.447,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72336,
    "c": 0.01714,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A69A

secondary

#CCCDD1

accent

#5D9154

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A69A

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

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