HEX atlas value

#A18E87

#A18E87 is a warm orange HEX color close to Driftwood. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 161, 142, 135, HSL 16, 12%, 58%, has luminance 0.2867, and belongs to the muted and earth tone groups.

orange warm muted earth-tone

#A18E87 Sample readable text

HEX #A18E87

RGB rgb(161, 142, 135)

HSL hsl(16 12% 58%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 12, 16, 37)

Luminance 0.2867

Contrast Black 6.73:1White 3.12:1

CSS

--color-a18e87: #A18E87;
.background-a18e87 { background-color: #A18E87; }
.text-a18e87 { color: #A18E87; }

Luminance0.2867

Black text6.73:1AA Pass

White text3.12:1AA 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

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#A18E87","rgb":[161,142,135],"hsl":[16,12,58],"cmyk":[0,12,16,37],"luminance":0.2867,"contrast":{"black":6.73,"white":3.12}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":6.73,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":3.12,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#C9BEBA","hex":"#C9BEBA","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.56,"contrastWhite":1.82,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Cement","hex":"#A5A391","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.25,"contrastWhite":2.55,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Driftwood","hex":"#A69A8D","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.63,"contrastWhite":2.75,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#A19B87","hex":"#A19B87","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.55,"contrastWhite":2.78,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#879AA1","hex":"#879AA1","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.17,"contrastWhite":2.93,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","muted","earth tone","muted orange","earth tone orange","Driftwood adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/a18e87.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/driftwood.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/primer-gray.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cement.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#879AA1","analogous":["#A1878D","#A19B87"],"triadic":["#87A18E","#8E87A1"],"tetradic":["#8DA187","#879AA1","#9B87A1"],"splitComplementary":["#87A19B","#878DA1"],"monochromatic":["#C9BEBA","#A18E87","#72605A"]}

Variants

{"light":"#C9BEBA","dark":"#72605A","saturated":"#B8836F","desaturated":"#949494","pastel":"#D4D4D4","neon":"#FF8052"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"driftwood","name":"Driftwood","hex":"#A69A8D","distance":14.317821063276353},{"slug":"primer-gray","name":"Primer Gray","hex":"#8B8C89","distance":22.181073012818835},{"slug":"cement","name":"Cement","hex":"#A5A391","distance":23.600847442411894},{"slug":"soapstone","name":"Soapstone","hex":"#8D9A91","distance":25.37715508089904},{"slug":"titanium","name":"Titanium","hex":"#878681","distance":27.85677655436824}]

HEX meaning and use

About #A18E87

#A18E87 is classified as a warm orange value with muted and earth tone visual character. #A18E87 is visually closest to Driftwood, a named orange color with HEX #A69A8D.

The RGB channels are 161, 142, and 135, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 16deg with 12% saturation and 58% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.2867, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 14.32, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text6.73:1AA Pass

White text3.12:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #A18E87 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000006.73:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF3.12:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#C9BEBA#000000 text · best 11.56:1#C9BEBA

Cement#000000 text · best 8.25:1#A5A391

Driftwood#000000 text · best 7.63:1#A69A8D

#A19B87#000000 text · best 7.55:1#A19B87

#879AA1#000000 text · best 7.17:1#879AA1

Generated Palette

#A18E87#A18E87

#879AA1#879AA1

#A1878D#A1878D

#A19B87#A19B87

#C9BEBA#C9BEBA

#72605A#72605A

Color Harmonies

#879AA1#879AA1

#A1878D#A1878D

#A19B87#A19B87

#87A18E#87A18E

#8E87A1#8E87A1

Variants

#C9BEBA#C9BEBA

#72605A#72605A

#B8836F#B8836F

#949494#949494

#D4D4D4#D4D4D4

#FF8052#FF8052

Nearest Named Colors

Driftwood#A69A8D

Primer Gray#8B8C89

Cement#A5A391

Soapstone#8D9A91

Titanium#878681

#A18E87

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #A18E87

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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