#A49A8A#A49A8A

#A49A8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.026 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49A8A
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 138)
HSL	hsl(37, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 15.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, 0.88, 9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 9.76, 84.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.0046 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.026 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4526, 32.8392, 28.7215)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49A8A #8A94A4

analogous

#A48D8A #A49A8A #A1A48A

triadic

#A49A8A #8AA49A #9A8AA4

tetradic

#A49A8A #8AA48D #8A94A4 #A48AA1

square

#A49A8A #8AA48D #8A94A4 #A48AA1

split-complementary

#A49A8A #8AA1A4 #8D8AA4

monochromatic

#655C4F #877C69 #A49A8A #BFB8AC #DAD5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A49A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A49A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49A8A

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49A8A	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)

#9F9A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.026 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb7ac',
    500: '#a49a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49a8a;
$custom-light: #bfb7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69028,
    "c": 0.02567,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49A8A

secondary

#C0C4CA

accent

#8CB572

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49A8A

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

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