#A49C8A#A49C8A

#A49C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.027 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49C8A
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(42, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 15.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -0.22, 10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 10.48, 91.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% 0.0015 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.027 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7855, 33.5049, 28.8325)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49C8A #8A92A4

analogous

#A48F8A #A49C8A #9FA48A

triadic

#A49C8A #8AA49C #9C8AA4

tetradic

#A49C8A #8AA48F #8A92A4 #A48A9F

square

#A49C8A #8AA48F #8A92A4 #A48A9F

split-complementary

#A49C8A #8A9FA4 #8F8AA4

monochromatic

#655E4F #877E69 #A49C8A #BFB9AC #DAD6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A49C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A49C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49C8A

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49C8A	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.027 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9ac',
    500: '#a49c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49c8a;
$custom-light: #bfb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69451,
    "c": 0.02722,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49C8A

secondary

#C0C3CA

accent

#87B572

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49C8A

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

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