HEX atlas value

#A69A8D

#A69A8D is a warm orange HEX color nearest Driftwood. RGB 166, 154, 141, HSL 31° 12% 60%, luminance 0.3314; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm muted earth-tone

#A69A8D Sample readable text

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

--color-a69a8d: #A69A8D;
.background-a69a8d { background-color: #A69A8D; }
.text-a69a8d { color: #A69A8D; }

HEX meaning and use

About #A69A8D

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

The RGB channels are 166, 154, and 141, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 31deg with 12% saturation and 60% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.3314, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text7.63:1AA Pass

White text2.75:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #A69A8D needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000007.63:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.75:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#CEC7C0#CEC7C0 · #000000 text · best 12.55:1 Sage Gray#B2AC88 · #000000 text · best 9.15:1 Greige#B0A999 · #000000 text · best 8.98:1 Sage Green#9CAF88 · #000000 text · best 8.9:1 #A5A58D#A5A58D · #000000 text · best 8.37:1

Generated Palette

Driftwood#A69A8D

#8D99A5#8D99A5

#A58D8D#A58D8D

#A5A58D#A5A58D

#CEC7C0#CEC7C0

#786C5E#786C5E

Color Harmonies

#8D99A5#8D99A5

#A58D8D#A58D8D

#A5A58D#A5A58D

#8DA599#8DA599

#998DA5#998DA5

Variants

#CEC7C0#CEC7C0

#786C5E#786C5E

#BC9A76#BC9A76

#999999#999999

#D9D9D9#D9D9D9

#FFB05C#FFB05C

Nearest Named Colors

Driftwood#A69A8D

Cement#A5A391

Greige#B0A999

Sage Gray#B2AC88

Sage Green#9CAF88

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

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#A69A8D","rgb":[166,154,141],"hsl":[31,12,60],"cmyk":[0,7,15,35],"luminance":0.3314,"contrast":{"black":7.63,"white":2.75}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":7.63,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.75,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#CEC7C0","hex":"#CEC7C0","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.55,"contrastWhite":1.67,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Sage Gray","hex":"#B2AC88","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.15,"contrastWhite":2.3,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Greige","hex":"#B0A999","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.98,"contrastWhite":2.34,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Sage Green","hex":"#9CAF88","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.9,"contrastWhite":2.36,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#A5A58D","hex":"#A5A58D","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.37,"contrastWhite":2.51,"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/a69a8d.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/driftwood.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cement.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/greige.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#8D99A5","analogous":["#A58D8D","#A5A58D"],"triadic":["#8DA599","#998DA5"],"tetradic":["#8DA58D","#8D99A5","#A58DA5"],"splitComplementary":["#8DA5A5","#8D8DA5"],"monochromatic":["#CEC7C0","#A69A8D","#786C5E"]}

Variants

{"light":"#CEC7C0","dark":"#786C5E","saturated":"#BC9A76","desaturated":"#999999","pastel":"#D9D9D9","neon":"#FFB05C"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"driftwood","name":"Driftwood","hex":"#A69A8D","distance":0},{"slug":"cement","name":"Cement","hex":"#A5A391","distance":9.899494936611665},{"slug":"greige","name":"Greige","hex":"#B0A999","distance":21.656407827707714},{"slug":"sage-gray","name":"Sage Gray","hex":"#B2AC88","distance":22.20360331117452},{"slug":"sage-green","name":"Sage Green","hex":"#9CAF88","distance":23.790754506740637}]

#A69A8D

CSS

About #A69A8D

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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