#A49D8F#A49D8F

#A49D8F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.022 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D8F
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 143)
HSL	hsl(40, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 12.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 0.06, 8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 8.23, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.002 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.022 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3243, 33.9900, 30.8392)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D8F #8F96A4

analogous

#A4928F #A49D8F #A0A48F

triadic

#A49D8F #8FA49D #9D8FA4

tetradic

#A49D8F #8FA492 #8F96A4 #A48FA0

square

#A49D8F #8FA492 #8F96A4 #A48FA0

split-complementary

#A49D8F #8FA0A4 #928FA4

monochromatic

#665F53 #887F6E #A49D8F #BFBBB1 #DBD8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A49D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A49D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D8F

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D8F	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.022 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9af',
    500: '#a49d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d8f;
$custom-light: #bfb9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69794,
    "c": 0.02157,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D8F

secondary

#C3C6CB

accent

#689451

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D8F

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

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