#A8A398#A8A398

#A8A398 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.017 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A398
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 152)
HSL	hsl(41, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(41, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 9.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -0.18, 6.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 6.35, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.001 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.017 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9125, 36.7865, 34.9610)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A398 #989DA8

analogous

#A89B98 #A8A398 #A5A898

triadic

#A8A398 #98A8A3 #A398A8

tetradic

#A8A398 #98A89B #989DA8 #A898A5

square

#A8A398 #98A89B #989DA8 #A898A5

split-complementary

#A8A398 #98A5A8 #9B98A8

monochromatic

#6B665A #8C8577 #A8A398 #C4C1B9 #E0DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#A8A398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A398

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A398	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.017 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1beb6',
    500: '#a8a398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a398;
$custom-light: #c1beb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 8.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71648,
    "c": 0.01667,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A398

secondary

#CBCDD1

accent

#679253

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A398

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

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