#A6988E#A6988E

#A6988E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.022 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6988E
RGB	rgb(166, 152, 142)
HSL	hsl(25, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(25, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 14.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, 3.41, 7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 7.90, 64.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0117 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.022 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8363, 32.5171, 30.1853)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6988E #8E9CA6

analogous

#A68E90 #A6988E #A6A48E

triadic

#A6988E #8EA698 #988EA6

tetradic

#A6988E #90A68E #8E9CA6 #A48EA6

square

#A6988E #90A68E #8E9CA6 #A48EA6

split-complementary

#A6988E #8EA6A4 #8E90A6

monochromatic

#685B52 #8A796D #A6988E #C1B7B0 #DCD6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A6988E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A6988E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6988E

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6988E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6988E	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C998D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6988e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 152, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.022 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b6af',
    500: '#a6988e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6988e;
$custom-light: #c0b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6988e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25,
    "s": 11.881,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68896,
    "c": 0.02201,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6988E

secondary

#C3C9CC

accent

#799650

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6988E

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

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