#9E8A82#9E8A82

#9E8A82 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.027 H 43.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A82
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 130)
HSL	hsl(17, 13%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(17, 18%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 17.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, 6.17, 7.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 9.37, 48.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% 0.0198 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.027 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2182, 27.0585, 24.9038)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A82 #82969E

analogous

#9E8288 #9E8A82 #9E9882

triadic

#9E8A82 #829E8A #8A829E

tetradic

#9E8A82 #889E82 #82969E #98829E

square

#9E8A82 #889E82 #82969E #98829E

split-complementary

#9E8A82 #829E98 #82889E

monochromatic

#5D4E48 #806B63 #9E8A82 #B9AAA4 #D3CBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9E8A82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#9E8A82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A82

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A82	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.027 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaca6',
    500: '#9e8a82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a82;
$custom-light: #bbaca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 12.613,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64914,
    "c": 0.02703,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A82

secondary

#B8C0C4

accent

#A2B572

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#11100F

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A82

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