#A8A69E#A8A69E

#A8A69E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.012 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A69E
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 158)
HSL	hsl(48, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -0.75, 4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 4.45, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.001 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.012 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9554, 38.0661, 37.7944)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A69E #9EA0A8

analogous

#A8A19E #A8A69E #A5A89E

triadic

#A8A69E #9EA8A6 #A69EA8

tetradic

#A8A69E #9EA8A1 #9EA0A8 #A89EA5

square

#A8A69E #9EA8A1 #9EA0A8 #A89EA5

split-complementary

#A8A69E #9EA5A8 #A19EA8

monochromatic

#6B6960 #8B887E #A8A69E #C5C4BE #E2E1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8A69E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A8A69E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A69E

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A69E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A69E	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a69e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.012 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0ba',
    500: '#a8a69e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a69e;
$custom-light: #c1c0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a69e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72447,
    "c": 0.01159,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A69E

secondary

#CFD0D3

accent

#628F56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A69E

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

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