#A8A298#A8A298

#A8A298 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.016 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A298
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 152)
HSL	hsl(38, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 9.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 0.37, 5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 5.98, 86.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0026 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.016 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7357, 36.4328, 34.9020)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A298 #989EA8

analogous

#A89A98 #A8A298 #A6A898

triadic

#A8A298 #98A8A2 #A298A8

tetradic

#A8A298 #98A89A #989EA8 #A898A6

square

#A8A298 #98A89A #989EA8 #A898A6

split-complementary

#A8A298 #98A6A8 #9A98A8

monochromatic

#6B655A #8C8477 #A8A298 #C4C0B9 #E0DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A298 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#A8A298 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A298

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A298	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A298	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a298;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.016 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdb6',
    500: '#a8a298',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a298;
$custom-light: #c1bdb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a298",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 8.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71438,
    "c": 0.01586,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A298

secondary

#CBCDD1

accent

#6B9253

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A298

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

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