#A4998A#A4998A

#A4998A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.025 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4998A
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 138)
HSL	hsl(35, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 15.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, 1.43, 9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 9.45, 81.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.0062 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.025 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2883, 32.5105, 28.6667)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4998A #8A95A4

analogous

#A48C8A #A4998A #A2A48A

triadic

#A4998A #8AA499 #998AA4

tetradic

#A4998A #8AA48C #8A95A4 #A48AA2

square

#A4998A #8AA48C #8A95A4 #A48AA2

split-complementary

#A4998A #8AA2A4 #8C8AA4

monochromatic

#655C4F #877B69 #A4998A #BFB7AC #DAD5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A4998A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A4998A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4998A

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4998A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4998A	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4998a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.025 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb7ac',
    500: '#a4998a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4998a;
$custom-light: #bfb7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4998a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.615,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68818,
    "c": 0.02506,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4998A

secondary

#C0C4CA

accent

#8FB572

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4998A

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

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