#A09986#A09986

#A09986 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.028 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09986
RGB	rgb(160, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(44, 12%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(44, 16%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 16.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -0.76, 10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 10.94, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0001 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.028 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1912, 31.9777, 27.1315)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09986 #868DA0

analogous

#A08C86 #A09986 #9AA086

triadic

#A09986 #86A099 #9986A0

tetradic

#A09986 #86A08C #868DA0 #A0869A

square

#A09986 #86A08C #868DA0 #A0869A

split-complementary

#A09986 #869AA0 #8C86A0

monochromatic

#605B4B #827B66 #A09986 #BBB6A8 #D6D3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A09986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A09986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09986

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09986	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.028 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7a9',
    500: '#a09986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09986;
$custom-light: #bcb7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 12.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68359,
    "c": 0.02826,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09986

secondary

#BCBEC6

accent

#85B573

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12110F

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09986

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

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