#A89C8A#A89C8A

#A89C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.029 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89C8A
RGB	rgb(168, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(36, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 17.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 1.32, 11.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 11.09, 83.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% 0.006 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.029 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6242, 33.9374, 28.8718)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89C8A #8A96A8

analogous

#A88D8A #A89C8A #A5A88A

triadic

#A89C8A #8AA89C #9C8AA8

tetradic

#A89C8A #8AA88D #8A96A8 #A88AA5

square

#A89C8A #8AA88D #8A96A8 #A88AA5

split-complementary

#A89C8A #8AA5A8 #8D8AA8

monochromatic

#695F4E #8C7E68 #A89C8A #C2BAAD #DCD7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A89C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A89C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89C8A

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89C8A	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.029 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b9ac',
    500: '#a89c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89c8a;
$custom-light: #c2b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69806,
    "c": 0.02918,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89C8A

secondary

#C1C6CD

accent

#8DB770

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89C8A

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

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