#9E8A7E#9E8A7E

#9E8A7E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.030 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A7E
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(23, 14%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(23, 20%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 20.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, 5.52, 9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 10.72, 59.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% 0.0181 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.03 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9549, 26.9532, 23.5172)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A7E #7E929E

analogous

#9E7E82 #9E8A7E #9E9A7E

triadic

#9E8A7E #7E9E8A #8A7E9E

tetradic

#9E8A7E #829E7E #7E929E #9A7E9E

square

#9E8A7E #829E7E #7E929E #9A7E9E

split-complementary

#9E8A7E #7E9E9A #7E829E

monochromatic

#5C4E45 #7F6B60 #9E8A7E #B8AAA1 #D3C9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9E8A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#9E8A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A7E

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A7E	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.030 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaca3',
    500: '#9e8a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a7e;
$custom-light: #bbaca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 14.159,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64805,
    "c": 0.02998,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A7E

secondary

#B5BEC3

accent

#9DB771

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F3

border

#D0CECD

text

#12100F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A7E

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

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