#9C8F8A#9C8F8A

#9C8F8A is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.017 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F8A
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(17, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(17, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 3.94, 4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 5.91, 48.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0128 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.017 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1198, 28.5483, 28.0689)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F8A #8A979C

analogous

#9C8A8E #9C8F8A #9C988A

triadic

#9C8F8A #8A9C8F #8F8A9C

tetradic

#9C8F8A #8E9C8A #8A979C #988A9C

square

#9C8F8A #8E9C8A #8A979C #988A9C

split-complementary

#9C8F8A #8A9C98 #8A8E9C

monochromatic

#5D534F #7E706B #9C8F8A #B8AFAB #D4CECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#9C8F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#9C8F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F8A

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F8A	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92908A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A08D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.017 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afac',
    500: '#9c8f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f8a;
$custom-light: #b9afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.667,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65995,
    "c": 0.01726,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F8A

secondary

#BDC3C5

accent

#A1B176

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F8A

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

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