#A8A499 Color

#A8A499 is rgb(168, 164, 153) in RGB and hsl(44, 8%, 63%) in HSL. The closest CSS named color is DarkGray. Black text is most readable on this background.

#A8A499

HEX#A8A499

RGBrgb(168, 164, 153)

HSLhsl(44, 8%, 63%)

HSVhsv(44, 9%, 66%)

OKLCHoklch(71.9% 0.016 90.3)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 2%, 9%, 34%)

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG contrast ratios for text on a #A8A499 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1.

TextWhite text2.49:1AA normal ✗AA large ✗AAA normal ✗

TextBlack text8.44:1AA normal ✓AA large ✓AAA normal ✓

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #A8A499 based on color wheel relationships. Click any swatch for its full breakdown.

Base#A8A499 Complementary#999DA8 Analogous#A89D99 Analogous#A5A899 Triadic#99A8A4 Triadic#A499A8

Tints & Shades

Lighter tints and darker shades of #A8A499, useful for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#B4B0A7 #C0BDB5 #CBC9C2 #D7D5D0 #E3E2DE #EFEEEC

Shades

#959183 #7F7A6C #696559 #504D44 #3A3831 #21201C

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