#9E9486#9E9486

#9E9486 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.023 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9486
RGB	rgb(158, 148, 134)
HSL	hsl(35, 11%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 15%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 15.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, 1.23, 8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 8.82, 81.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.0055 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.023 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9933, 30.1706, 26.8458)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9486 #86909E

analogous

#9E8886 #9E9486 #9C9E86

triadic

#9E9486 #869E94 #94869E

tetradic

#9E9486 #869E88 #86909E #9E869C

square

#9E9486 #869E88 #86909E #9E869C

split-complementary

#9E9486 #869C9E #88869E

monochromatic

#5E564B #807667 #9E9486 #B9B2A8 #D4D0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#9E9486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#9E9486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9486

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9486	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 148, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.023 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab3a9',
    500: '#9e9486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9486;
$custom-light: #bab3a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 11.009,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67119,
    "c": 0.02338,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9486

secondary

#BBBFC5

accent

#8FB474

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9486

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

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