#9E9686#9E9686

#9E9686 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.025 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9686
RGB	rgb(158, 150, 134)
HSL	hsl(40, 11%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 15%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 15.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, 0.12, 9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 9.50, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% 0.0023 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.025 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3097, 30.8035, 26.9513)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9686 #868E9E

analogous

#9E8A86 #9E9686 #9A9E86

triadic

#9E9686 #869E96 #96869E

tetradic

#9E9686 #869E8A #868E9E #9E869A

square

#9E9686 #869E8A #868E9E #9E869A

split-complementary

#9E9686 #869A9E #8A869E

monochromatic

#5E584B #807867 #9E9686 #B9B3A8 #D4D1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9E9686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#9E9686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9686

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9686	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 150, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.025 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab4a9',
    500: '#9e9686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9686;
$custom-light: #bab4a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 11.009,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67544,
    "c": 0.02479,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9686

secondary

#BBBEC5

accent

#89B474

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9686

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

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