#A8A69B#A8A69B

#A8A69B is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.016 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A69B
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 155)
HSL	hsl(51, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 8%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 7.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -1.29, 5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 6.08, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0023 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.016 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7003, 37.9640, 36.4511)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A69B #9B9DA8

analogous

#A89F9B #A8A69B #A3A89B

triadic

#A8A69B #9BA8A6 #A69BA8

tetradic

#A8A69B #9BA89F #9B9DA8 #A89BA3

square

#A8A69B #9BA89F #9B9DA8 #A89BA3

split-complementary

#A8A69B #9BA3A8 #9F9BA8

monochromatic

#6B695D #8C897A #A8A69B #C4C3BC #E1E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8A69B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#A8A69B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A69B

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A69B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A69B	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#A8A59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a69b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.016 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0b8',
    500: '#a8a69b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a69b;
$custom-light: #c1c0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a69b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 6.952,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72363,
    "c": 0.01575,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A69B

secondary

#CDCED2

accent

#5E9155

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A69B

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

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