#A8A294#A8A294

#A8A294 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.021 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A294
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 148)
HSL	hsl(42, 10%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 12%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 11.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -0.32, 8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 8.06, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0009 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.021 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4136, 36.3040, 33.2057)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A294 #949AA8

analogous

#A89894 #A8A294 #A4A894

triadic

#A8A294 #94A8A2 #A294A8

tetradic

#A8A294 #94A898 #949AA8 #A894A4

square

#A8A294 #94A898 #949AA8 #A894A4

split-complementary

#A8A294 #94A4A8 #9894A8

monochromatic

#6B6557 #8D8572 #A8A294 #C3BFB6 #DFDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A8A294 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A8A294 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A294

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A294	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A294	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a294;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.021 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bdb3',
    500: '#a8a294',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a294;
$custom-light: #c2bdb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a294",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 10.309,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71329,
    "c": 0.02104,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A294

secondary

#C8CAD0

accent

#659451

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A294

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

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