#A8968E#A8968E

#A8968E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.024 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8968E
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 142)
HSL	hsl(18, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(18, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 15.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, 5.29, 6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 8.49, 51.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% 0.0171 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.024 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9371, 32.0912, 30.0978)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8968E #8EA0A8

analogous

#A88E93 #A8968E #A8A38E

triadic

#A8968E #8EA896 #968EA8

tetradic

#A8968E #93A88E #8EA0A8 #A38EA8

square

#A8968E #93A88E #8EA0A8 #A38EA8

split-complementary

#A8968E #8EA8A3 #8E93A8

monochromatic

#6A5952 #8D766C #A8968E #C3B6B1 #DDD6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A8968E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A8968E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8968E

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8968E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8968E	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A978D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8968e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.024 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b4af',
    500: '#a8968e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8968e;
$custom-light: #c2b4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8968e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68665,
    "c": 0.02445,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8968E

secondary

#C4CBCE

accent

#81974E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8968E

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

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