#A49D8A#A49D8A

#A49D8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.028 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D8A
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(44, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 15.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -0.77, 10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 10.89, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0001 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.028 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9540, 33.8419, 28.8886)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D8A #8A91A4

analogous

#A4908A #A49D8A #9EA48A

triadic

#A49D8A #8AA49D #9D8AA4

tetradic

#A49D8A #8AA490 #8A91A4 #A48A9E

square

#A49D8A #8AA490 #8A91A4 #A48A9E

split-complementary

#A49D8A #8A9EA4 #908AA4

monochromatic

#655F4F #877F69 #A49D8A #BFBAAC #DAD7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A49D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A49D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D8A

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D8A	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.028 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9ac',
    500: '#a49d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d8a;
$custom-light: #bfb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69663,
    "c": 0.02814,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D8A

secondary

#C0C3CA

accent

#84B572

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D8A

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

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