#A8A799#A8A799

#A8A799 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.020 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A799
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 9%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -2.18, 7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 7.68, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0046 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.02 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7162, 38.2624, 35.6346)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A799 #999AA8

analogous

#A89F99 #A8A799 #A1A899

triadic

#A8A799 #99A8A7 #A799A8

tetradic

#A8A799 #99A89F #999AA8 #A899A1

square

#A8A799 #99A89F #999AA8 #A899A1

split-complementary

#A8A799 #99A1A8 #9F99A8

monochromatic

#6B6A5B #8C8B78 #A8A799 #C4C3BA #E0E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#A8A799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A799

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A799	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.020 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1b7',
    500: '#a8a799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a799;
$custom-light: #c1c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7252,
    "c": 0.0198,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A799

secondary

#CCCCD1

accent

#589254

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A799

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

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