#9E8E6E#9E8E6E

#9E8E6E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.049 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8E6E
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 110)
HSL	hsl(40, 20%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 30%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 30.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 0.91, 19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 19.28, 87.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0048 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.049 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5883, 27.7417, 18.7029)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8E6E #6E7E9E

analogous

#9E766E #9E8E6E #969E6E

triadic

#9E8E6E #6E9E8E #8E6E9E

tetradic

#9E8E6E #6E9E76 #6E7E9E #9E6E96

square

#9E8E6E #6E9E76 #6E7E9E #9E6E96

split-complementary

#9E8E6E #6E969E #766E9E

monochromatic

#574E3A #7C6E53 #9E8E6E #B7AB93 #CFC7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#9E8E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#9E8E6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8E6E

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8E6E	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A916F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.049 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaf97',
    500: '#9e8e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8e6e;
$custom-light: #bbaf97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 19.835,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65258,
    "c": 0.04892,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8E6E

secondary

#A9B0BE

accent

#86BC6B

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#12100D

muted

#817F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8E6E

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

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