#A8A197#A8A197

#A8A197 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.016 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A197
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 151)
HSL	hsl(35, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 10.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 0.74, 6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 6.15, 83.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0037 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.016 77)
XYZ	xyz(34.4787, 36.0493, 34.4140)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A197 #979EA8

analogous

#A89897 #A8A197 #A7A897

triadic

#A8A197 #97A8A1 #A197A8

tetradic

#A8A197 #97A898 #979EA8 #A897A7

square

#A8A197 #97A898 #979EA8 #A897A7

split-complementary

#A8A197 #97A7A8 #9897A8

monochromatic

#6B645A #8C8376 #A8A197 #C4BFB8 #E0DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A8A197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A197

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A197	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.016 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcb5',
    500: '#a8a197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a197;
$custom-light: #c1bcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 8.901,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71201,
    "c": 0.01643,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.36049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A197

secondary

#CACDD0

accent

#6D9353

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A197

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

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