#A8998F#A8998F

#A8998F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.023 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8998F
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(24, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(24, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 14.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, 3.79, 7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 8.18, 62.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0128 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.023 56)
XYZ	xyz(32.4973, 33.0911, 30.6566)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8998F #8F9EA8

analogous

#A88F91 #A8998F #A8A58F

triadic

#A8998F #8FA899 #998FA8

tetradic

#A8998F #91A88F #8F9EA8 #A58FA8

square

#A8998F #91A88F #8F9EA8 #A58FA8

split-complementary

#A8998F #8FA8A5 #8F91A8

monochromatic

#6A5C52 #8D7A6D #A8998F #C3B8B1 #DED8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A8998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#A8998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8998F

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8998F	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.023 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7af',
    500: '#a8998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8998f;
$custom-light: #c2b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 12.563,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69312,
    "c": 0.0229,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.3309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8998F

secondary

#C5CACE

accent

#7A974F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8998F

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

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