#9E9488#9E9488

#9E9488 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.021 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9488
RGB	rgb(158, 148, 136)
HSL	hsl(33, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 14%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 13.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, 1.57, 7.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 7.83, 78.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% 0.0063 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.021 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1341, 30.2269, 27.5874)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9488 #88929E

analogous

#9E8988 #9E9488 #9D9E88

triadic

#9E9488 #889E94 #94889E

tetradic

#9E9488 #889E89 #88929E #9E889D

square

#9E9488 #889E89 #88929E #9E889D

split-complementary

#9E9488 #889D9E #89889E

monochromatic

#5F574D #807569 #9E9488 #B9B2AA #D5D1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9E9488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#9E9488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9488

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9488	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 148, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.021 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab3aa',
    500: '#9e9488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9488;
$custom-light: #bab3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 10.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67173,
    "c": 0.021,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9488

secondary

#BCC0C5

accent

#91B375

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9488

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

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