#A8A196#A8A196

#A8A196 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.018 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A196
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 150)
HSL	hsl(37, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 10.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 0.57, 6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 6.65, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% 0.0033 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.018 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3978, 36.0170, 33.9881)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A196 #969DA8

analogous

#A89896 #A8A196 #A6A896

triadic

#A8A196 #96A8A1 #A196A8

tetradic

#A8A196 #96A898 #969DA8 #A896A6

square

#A8A196 #96A898 #969DA8 #A896A6

split-complementary

#A8A196 #96A6A8 #9896A8

monochromatic

#6B6459 #8C8375 #A8A196 #C4BFB7 #DFDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A8A196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A196

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A196	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.018 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcb4',
    500: '#a8a196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a196;
$custom-light: #c1bcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71173,
    "c": 0.01767,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A196

secondary

#CACCD0

accent

#6B9352

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A196

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

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