#A9987F#A9987F

#A9987F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.041 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9987F
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 127)
HSL	hsl(36, 20%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 25%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 24.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, 2.22, 15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 15.62, 81.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0088 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.041 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4213, 32.4247, 24.6780)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9987F #7F90A9

analogous

#A9837F #A9987F #A5A97F

triadic

#A9987F #7FA998 #987FA9

tetradic

#A9987F #7FA983 #7F90A9 #A97FA5

square

#A9987F #7FA983 #7F90A9 #A97FA5

split-complementary

#A9987F #7FA5A9 #837FA9

monochromatic

#685A46 #8C7A5E #A9987F #C2B5A4 #DAD3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A9987F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#A9987F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9987F

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9987F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9987F	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F987D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39C80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9987f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.041 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b6a4',
    500: '#a9987f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9987f;
$custom-light: #c3b6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9987f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.714,
    "s": 19.626,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68788,
    "c": 0.04057,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9987F

secondary

#BAC0CA

accent

#8CBC6C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#12110F

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9987F

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

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