#A8997A#A8997A

#A8997A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.047 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8997A
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(40, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 27%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 27.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, 0.56, 18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 18.34, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0039 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.047 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0528, 32.5133, 23.0485)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8997A #7A89A8

analogous

#A8827A #A8997A #A0A87A

triadic

#A8997A #7AA899 #997AA8

tetradic

#A8997A #7AA882 #7A89A8 #A87AA0

square

#A8997A #7AA882 #7A89A8 #A87AA0

split-complementary

#A8997A #7AA0A8 #827AA8

monochromatic

#655A42 #8A7B5A #A8997A #C0B59F #D8D2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A8997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A8997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8997A

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8997A	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)

#A19878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.047 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7a0',
    500: '#a8997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8997a;
$custom-light: #c2b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.435,
    "s": 20.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68789,
    "c": 0.04676,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8997A

secondary

#B6BCC8

accent

#85BD6A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8997A

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

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