#A8A096#A8A096

#A8A096 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.017 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A096
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 150)
HSL	hsl(33, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 10.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 1.12, 6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 6.34, 79.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0048 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.017 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2237, 35.6689, 33.9301)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A096 #969EA8

analogous

#A89796 #A8A096 #A7A896

triadic

#A8A096 #96A8A0 #A096A8

tetradic

#A8A096 #96A897 #969EA8 #A896A7

square

#A8A096 #96A897 #969EA8 #A896A7

split-complementary

#A8A096 #96A7A8 #9796A8

monochromatic

#6B6359 #8C8275 #A8A096 #C4BEB7 #DFDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A096 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#A8A096 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A096

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A096	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A096	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a096;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.017 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcb4',
    500: '#a8a096',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a096;
$custom-light: #c1bcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a096",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70964,
    "c": 0.01706,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A096

secondary

#CACDD0

accent

#6F9352

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A096

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

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