Sage Green #887766

Sage Green (#887766) is a mid-tone, muted orange with an OKLCH hue of 67°, lightness 0.58 and chroma 0.033. 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#887766
RGBrgb(136, 119, 102)
HSLhsl(30, 14%, 47%)
HSVhsv(30, 25%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12%, 25%, 47%)
CIE Lablab(51.1 3.7 11.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.580 0.033 67)

How Sage Green behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Sage Green shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.31:1 and against black 4.88:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Sage Green

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.

#dccec0 · #b6a797 · #887766 · #6c5d4d · #493b2e · #281d11

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.

#a7a076 · #a0895d · #887766 · #895d43 · #774b3f · #643a3b

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.

#b2bf88 · #959c82 · #887766 · #765735 · #583c1d · #272c13

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.

#eedecf · #d0b9a2 · #a5998d · #887766 · #365e83 · #4b3928

Quiet Support

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

#ecf3f9 · #9c948c · #887766 · #5d6165 · #2e261e · #010204

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.

#f8f0e9 · #d2c9c1 · #887766 · #34291d · #120701 · #f3a448

Complementary

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

#e7f3ff · #7899b9 · #887766 · #3b6489 · #072a45 · #120500

Split-complementary

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

#e7f3ff · #6a9fae · #887766 · #565c8b · #002d38 · #010007

Triadic

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

#e2f7f4 · #69a29b · #887766 · #6c5582 · #301e40 · #000202

Tetradic

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

#e6f7ec · #77a187 · #887766 · #3b6489 · #3b1a33 · #00030d

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#9A8B7B · #AD9F91 · #BFB4A8 · #D2C9BF · #E6DED7

Shades

#716252 · #5B4D40 · #45392E · #31271D · #1E150D

Muted

#85786A · #82786F · #7F7973

Using Sage Green

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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