#A8A090#A8A090

#A8A090 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.025 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A090
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 144)
HSL	hsl(40, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 14%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 14.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 0.10, 9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 9.38, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0023 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.025 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7529, 35.4805, 31.4505)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A090 #9098A8

analogous

#A89490 #A8A090 #A4A890

triadic

#A8A090 #90A8A0 #A090A8

tetradic

#A8A090 #90A894 #9098A8 #A890A4

square

#A8A090 #90A894 #9098A8 #A890A4

split-complementary

#A8A090 #90A4A8 #9490A8

monochromatic

#6A6353 #8D826E #A8A090 #C3BDB2 #DEDBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A8A090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A090

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A090	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.025 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcb0',
    500: '#a8a090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a090;
$custom-light: #c2bcb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 12.121,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70802,
    "c": 0.02452,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A090

secondary

#C5C8CE

accent

#67964F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A090

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

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