#A8AE9E#A8AE9E

#A8AE9E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.023 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE9E
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 158)
HSL	hsl(83, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(83, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 9.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -5.07, 7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 9.04, 124.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.013 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.023 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4551, 41.0655, 38.2943)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE9E #A49EAE

analogous

#AEAC9E #A8AE9E #A0AE9E

triadic

#A8AE9E #9EA8AE #AE9EA8

tetradic

#A8AE9E #9EAEAC #A49EAE #AE9EA0

square

#A8AE9E #9EAEAC #A49EAE #AE9EA0

split-complementary

#A8AE9E #9EA0AE #AC9EAE

monochromatic

#6B725F #8A927D #A8AE9E #C6CABF #E4E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8AE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#A8AE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE9E

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE9E	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.023 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6ba',
    500: '#a8ae9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae9e;
$custom-light: #c1c6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.5,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74144,
    "c": 0.02348,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE9E

secondary

#D3D1D7

accent

#53936B

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE9E

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

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