#A8A191#A8A191

#A8A191 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.024 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A191
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 145)
HSL	hsl(42, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 14%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 13.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -0.28, 9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 9.24, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0012 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.024 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0037, 35.8593, 31.9128)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A191 #9198A8

analogous

#A89691 #A8A191 #A4A891

triadic

#A8A191 #91A8A1 #A191A8

tetradic

#A8A191 #91A896 #9198A8 #A891A4

square

#A8A191 #91A896 #9198A8 #A891A4

split-complementary

#A8A191 #91A4A8 #9691A8

monochromatic

#6A6454 #8D846F #A8A191 #C3BEB3 #DEDBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A8A191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A191

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A191	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A291

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.024 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bcb1',
    500: '#a8a191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a191;
$custom-light: #c2bcb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 11.675,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71039,
    "c": 0.02408,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A191

secondary

#C6C9CF

accent

#659650

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F5

border

#D0D0CF

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A191

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

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