Leather #906A54

Leather (#906A54) is a mid-tone, muted orange with an OKLCH hue of 51°, lightness 0.56 and chroma 0.059. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#906A54
RGBrgb(144, 106, 84)
HSLhsl(22, 26%, 45%)
HSVhsv(22, 42%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 26%, 42%, 44%)
CIE Lablab(48.1 12.2 18.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.557 0.059 51)

How Leather behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Leather shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Leather in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.8:1 and against black 4.38:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Leather

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#e2c2b0 · #bd9a86 · #906a54 · #73513c · #4e301f · #2b1304

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#a9956e · #a17e59 · #906a54 · #855447 · #714343 · #5b343e

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#b8b37b · #959379 · #906a54 · #744d36 · #55331e · #27240a

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#efd3c4 · #7ebad8 · #906a54 · #5f5149 · #493123 · #261911

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#ebf3f8 · #968c86 · #906a54 · #565b5e · #2c231d · #000102

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#ffeee5 · #dcc9be · #906a54 · #482f20 · #260d01 · #f1863f

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#dbddb7 · #d8bc90 · #4eb5bc · #906a54 · #42556c · #05150e

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#e3f5fe · #619a9d · #906a54 · #425a84 · #002b2e · #000007

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e4f7f0 · #689b8a · #906a54 · #5a5281 · #261e41 · #000402

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#eaf6e8 · #7a9876 · #906a54 · #26617c · #331937 · #00050c

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#A27F6C · #B49684 · #C7AC9D · #D9C3B7 · #ECDAD1

Shades

#795743 · #624432 · #4C3223 · #372114 · #231106

Muted

#8A6C5B · #846E62 · #7E7069

Using Leather

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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