#A8A08E#A8A08E

#A8A08E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.027 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A08E
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 142)
HSL	hsl(42, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 15.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -0.22, 10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 10.43, 91.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.0015 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.027 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6014, 35.4199, 30.6526)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A08E #8E96A8

analogous

#A8938E #A8A08E #A3A88E

triadic

#A8A08E #8EA8A0 #A08EA8

tetradic

#A8A08E #8EA893 #8E96A8 #A88EA3

square

#A8A08E #8EA893 #8E96A8 #A88EA3

split-complementary

#A8A08E #8EA3A8 #938EA8

monochromatic

#6A6252 #8D836C #A8A08E #C3BDB1 #DDDAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A08E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A8A08E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A08E

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A08E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A08E	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A28E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a08e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.027 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcaf',
    500: '#a8a08e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a08e;
$custom-light: #c2bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a08e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70749,
    "c": 0.02711,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A08E

secondary

#C4C7CE

accent

#65974E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A08E

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

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