#A8917E#A8917E

#A8917E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.039 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8917E
RGB	rgb(168, 145, 126)
HSL	hsl(27, 19%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(27, 25%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 25%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, 5.56, 13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 14.38, 67.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% 0.0184 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.039 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0400, 30.0830, 23.9588)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8917E #7E95A8

analogous

#A87E80 #A8917E #A8A67E

triadic

#A8917E #7EA891 #917EA8

tetradic

#A8917E #80A87E #7E95A8 #A67EA8

square

#A8917E #80A87E #7E95A8 #A67EA8

split-complementary

#A8917E #7EA8A6 #7E80A8

monochromatic

#665445 #8B725E #A8917E #C1B0A3 #D9CFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A8917E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#A8917E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8917E

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8917E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8917E	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98927D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E977E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8917e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 145, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.039 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b1a3',
    500: '#a8917e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8917e;
$custom-light: #c2b1a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8917e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.143,
    "s": 19.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67216,
    "c": 0.03881,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8917E

secondary

#B8C2C9

accent

#98BC6C

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F5F3

border

#D1CFCD

text

#12100F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8917E

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

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