#A8A397#A8A397

#A8A397 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.018 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A397
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 151)
HSL	hsl(42, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 10.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -0.35, 6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 6.88, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0006 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.018 88)
XYZ	xyz(34.8310, 36.7539, 34.5315)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A397 #979CA8

analogous

#A89A97 #A8A397 #A5A897

triadic

#A8A397 #97A8A3 #A397A8

tetradic

#A8A397 #97A89A #979CA8 #A897A5

square

#A8A397 #97A89A #979CA8 #A897A5

split-complementary

#A8A397 #97A5A8 #9A97A8

monochromatic

#6B665A #8C8676 #A8A397 #C4C0B8 #E0DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#A8A397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A397

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A397	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.018 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1beb5',
    500: '#a8a397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a397;
$custom-light: #c1beb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 8.901,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71621,
    "c": 0.01799,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.36754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A397

secondary

#CACCD0

accent

#669353

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A397

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

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