Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Driftwood

Driftwood is a muted and earth tone orange color with HEX #A69A8D. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 166, 154, 141, HSL 31, 12%, 60%, warm temperature, and is useful for earth tone palettes, interior design, and material inspired branding.

#A69A8D orange warm mutedearth-tone
HEX #A69A8D
RGB rgb(166, 154, 141)
HSL hsl(31 12% 60%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 7, 15, 35)
Luminance 0.3314
Contrast Black 7.63:1White 2.75:1

CSS Utilities

--color-driftwood: #A69A8D;
.bg-driftwood { background-color: #A69A8D; }
.text-driftwood { color: #A69A8D; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.3314
Black text7.63:1AA Pass
White text2.75:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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WCAG
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}
Harmonies
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Variants
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Pairings
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Knowledge graph
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Full JSON dataset 
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Color meaning and use

About Driftwood Color

Driftwood sits in the orange family with warm temperature and muted and earth tone visual character. Driftwood is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include groundedness, warmth, and natural texture, which makes it relevant for architecture and home decor. In design work, Driftwood is most useful for earth-tone palettes, interior design, and material-inspired branding, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Orange color familyBrowse named orange colors and compare nearby swatches.Warm colorsExplore colors with warm temperature behavior.Muted colorsFind colors with muted visual character.Earth Tone colorsFind colors with earth tone visual character.Driftwood accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #A69A8D.Driftwood CSS utilitiesUse Driftwood in CSS variables and utility classes.#A69A8D HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Driftwood paletteOpen the generated palette based on Driftwood.Driftwood harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Driftwood against black and white text.

Black text7.63:1AA Pass
White text2.75:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
AAA text options#000000
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Cement#A5A391
Greige#B0A999
Sage Gray#B2AC88
Sage Green#9CAF88
Rosy Brown#BC8F8F

Color Harmonies

#8D99A5#8D99A5
#A58D8D#A58D8D
#A5A58D#A5A58D
#8DA599#8DA599
#998DA5#998DA5
Open full Driftwood harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#CEC7C0#CEC7C0
#786C5E#786C5E
#BC9A76#BC9A76
#999999#999999
#D9D9D9#D9D9D9
#FFB05C#FFB05C

Pairings

Black#000000
#8D99A5#8D99A5
#A58D8D#A58D8D
#A5A58D#A5A58D
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5