#A8A69C#A8A69C

#A8A69C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.014 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A69C
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 156)
HSL	hsl(50, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 7.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -1.11, 5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 5.54, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0019 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.014 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7846, 37.9978, 36.8952)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A69C #9C9EA8

analogous

#A8A09C #A8A69C #A4A89C

triadic

#A8A69C #9CA8A6 #A69CA8

tetradic

#A8A69C #9CA8A0 #9C9EA8 #A89CA4

square

#A8A69C #9CA8A0 #9C9EA8 #A89CA4

split-complementary

#A8A69C #9CA4A8 #A09CA8

monochromatic

#6B695E #8B897B #A8A69C #C5C3BD #E1E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8A69C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#A8A69C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A69C

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A69C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A69C	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a69c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.014 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0b9',
    500: '#a8a69c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a69c;
$custom-light: #c1c0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a69c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72391,
    "c": 0.01435,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A69C

secondary

#CECED2

accent

#5F9055

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A69C

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

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