#A8A396#A8A396

#A8A396 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.019 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A396
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 150)
HSL	hsl(43, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(43, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 10.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -0.52, 7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 7.41, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0002 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.019 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7501, 36.7216, 34.1056)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A396 #969BA8

analogous

#A89A96 #A8A396 #A4A896

triadic

#A8A396 #96A8A3 #A396A8

tetradic

#A8A396 #96A89A #969BA8 #A896A4

square

#A8A396 #96A89A #969BA8 #A896A4

split-complementary

#A8A396 #96A4A8 #9A96A8

monochromatic

#6B6659 #8C8675 #A8A396 #C4C0B7 #DFDED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#A8A396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A396

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A396	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.019 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1beb4',
    500: '#a8a396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a396;
$custom-light: #c1beb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71594,
    "c": 0.01932,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A396

secondary

#CACBD0

accent

#649352

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A396

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

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