#A49C8E#A49C8E

#A49C8E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.022 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49C8E
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(38, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 13.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 0.44, 8.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 8.39, 86.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0032 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.022 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0804, 33.6229, 30.3858)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49C8E #8E96A4

analogous

#A4918E #A49C8E #A1A48E

triadic

#A49C8E #8EA49C #9C8EA4

tetradic

#A49C8E #8EA491 #8E96A4 #A48EA1

square

#A49C8E #8EA491 #8E96A4 #A48EA1

split-complementary

#A49C8E #8EA1A4 #918EA4

monochromatic

#665E52 #887E6D #A49C8E #BFBAB0 #DBD7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A49C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A49C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49C8E

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49C8E	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.022 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9af',
    500: '#a49c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49c8e;
$custom-light: #bfb9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69556,
    "c": 0.02207,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49C8E

secondary

#C3C6CB

accent

#8BB474

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49C8E

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