#968E7E#968E7E

#968E7E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.025 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968E7E
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 126)
HSL	hsl(40, 10%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 16%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 16%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 0.14, 9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 9.60, 89.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% 0.0024 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.025 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0163, 27.3368, 23.6406)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968E7E #7E8696

analogous

#96827E #968E7E #92967E

triadic

#968E7E #7E968E #8E7E96

tetradic

#968E7E #7E9682 #7E8696 #967E92

square

#968E7E #7E9682 #7E8696 #967E92

split-complementary

#968E7E #7E9296 #827E96

monochromatic

#554F45 #766F60 #968E7E #B1ACA0 #CDC9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#968E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#968E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968E7E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968E7E	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94907E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.025 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afa3',
    500: '#968e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968e7e;
$custom-light: #b5afa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 10.256,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6491,
    "c": 0.02501,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968E7E

secondary

#B3B6BD

accent

#89B375

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F3

border

#D0CECD

text

#11100F

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #968E7E

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