#A8988A#A8988A

#A8988A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.028 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8988A
RGB	rgb(168, 152, 138)
HSL	hsl(28, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 17.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, 3.53, 9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 10.14, 69.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0123 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.028 63.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9640, 32.6170, 28.6517)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8988A #8A9AA8

analogous

#A88A8B #A8988A #A8A78A

triadic

#A8988A #8AA898 #988AA8

tetradic

#A8988A #8BA88A #8A9AA8 #A78AA8

square

#A8988A #8BA88A #8A9AA8 #A78AA8

split-complementary

#A8988A #8AA8A7 #8A8BA8

monochromatic

#695B4E #8C7968 #A8988A #C2B7AD #DCD6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A8988A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A8988A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8988A

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8988A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8988A	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8988a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 152, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.028 63.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b6ac',
    500: '#a8988a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8988a;
$custom-light: #c2b6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8988a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68971,
    "c": 0.02763,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8988A

secondary

#C1C7CD

accent

#96B770

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8988A

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

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