#9C8A80#9C8A80

#9C8A80 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.026 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A80
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 128)
HSL	hsl(21, 12%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(21, 18%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 17.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, 5.06, 7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 9.32, 57.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% 0.0166 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.026 51)
XYZ	xyz(26.6950, 26.8041, 24.1854)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A80 #80929C

analogous

#9C8084 #9C8A80 #9C9880

triadic

#9C8A80 #809C8A #8A809C

tetradic

#9C8A80 #849C80 #80929C #98809C

square

#9C8A80 #849C80 #80929C #98809C

split-complementary

#9C8A80 #809C98 #80849C

monochromatic

#5B4E47 #7D6B62 #9C8A80 #B7AAA2 #D2C9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9C8A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#9C8A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A80

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A80	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938F80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.026 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9aca4',
    500: '#9c8a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a80;
$custom-light: #b9aca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 12.389,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64669,
    "c": 0.02632,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.26803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A80

secondary

#B6BEC2

accent

#9DB573

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#11100F

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A80

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

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