#A8A296#A8A296

#A8A296 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.018 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A296
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 150)
HSL	hsl(40, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 10.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 0.02, 7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 7.01, 89.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0017 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.018 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5732, 36.3679, 34.0466)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A296 #969CA8

analogous

#A89996 #A8A296 #A5A896

triadic

#A8A296 #96A8A2 #A296A8

tetradic

#A8A296 #96A899 #969CA8 #A896A5

square

#A8A296 #96A899 #969CA8 #A896A5

split-complementary

#A8A296 #96A5A8 #9996A8

monochromatic

#6B6559 #8C8475 #A8A296 #C4C0B7 #DFDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A8A296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#A8A296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A296

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A296	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.018 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdb4',
    500: '#a8a296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a296;
$custom-light: #c1bdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71383,
    "c": 0.01842,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A296

secondary

#CACCD0

accent

#689352

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A296

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

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