#A89979#A89979

#A89979 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.048 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89979
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(41, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 28%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 28%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 0.41, 18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 18.86, 88.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.0035 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.048 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9911, 32.4886, 22.7239)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89979 #7988A8

analogous

#A88279 #A89979 #A0A879

triadic

#A89979 #79A899 #9979A8

tetradic

#A89979 #79A882 #7988A8 #A879A0

square

#A89979 #79A882 #7988A8 #A879A0

split-complementary

#A89979 #79A0A8 #8279A8

monochromatic

#655A42 #8A7B5A #A89979 #C0B59E #D8D1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A89979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A89979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89979

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89979	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)

#A19877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.048 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7a0',
    500: '#a89979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89979;
$custom-light: #c2b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 21.267,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68766,
    "c": 0.04799,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89979

secondary

#B5BBC8

accent

#85BE6A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89979

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

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