#A09B8D#A09B8D

#A09B8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.021 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B8D
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 141)
HSL	hsl(44, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 12%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 11.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -0.69, 7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 8.02, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0002 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.021 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0258, 32.8397, 29.8984)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B8D #8D92A0

analogous

#A0928D #A09B8D #9CA08D

triadic

#A09B8D #8DA09B #9B8DA0

tetradic

#A09B8D #8DA092 #8D92A0 #A08D9C

square

#A09B8D #8DA092 #8D92A0 #A08D9C

split-complementary

#A09B8D #8D9CA0 #928DA0

monochromatic

#615D51 #837D6D #A09B8D #BCB8AE #D8D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A09B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A09B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B8D

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B8D	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.021 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8ae',
    500: '#a09b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b8d;
$custom-light: #bcb8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6897,
    "c": 0.02084,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B8D

secondary

#C1C3C8

accent

#86B276

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B8D

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

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