#9E8A80#9E8A80

#9E8A80 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.028 H 48.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A80
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 128)
HSL	hsl(20, 13%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(20, 19%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 19%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 5.84, 8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 10.00, 54.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.0189 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.028 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0853, 27.0053, 24.2037)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A80 #80949E

analogous

#9E8085 #9E8A80 #9E9980

triadic

#9E8A80 #809E8A #8A809E

tetradic

#9E8A80 #859E80 #80949E #99809E

square

#9E8A80 #859E80 #80949E #99809E

split-complementary

#9E8A80 #809E99 #80859E

monochromatic

#5D4E47 #7F6B61 #9E8A80 #B9AAA3 #D3CAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9E8A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#9E8A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A80

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A80	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.028 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaca4',
    500: '#9e8a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a80;
$custom-light: #bbaca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 13.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64859,
    "c": 0.02841,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A80

secondary

#B7BFC3

accent

#9FB672

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#11100F

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A80

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

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