Nearest-color comparison

Mocha vs Warm Gray

Mocha and Warm Gray are different orange and gray colors with HEX values #967969 and #8A8378. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 21.7, their contrast ratio is 1.07:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Mocha and Warm Gray are very close colors. Warm Gray is the lighter option. Mocha reads warmer. Their mutual contrast is 1.07:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Mocha#967969

Warm Gray#8A8378

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Mocha and Warm Gray across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance21.7

Pair contrast1.07:1

Luminance delta0.0181

Hue delta16 deg

Lighter colorWarm Gray

More saturatedMocha

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Mocha

Mocha is #967969, a warm orange color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Warm Gray, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#967969 RGB150, 121, 105 HSL21, 18, 50 CMYK0, 19, 30, 41 Luminance0.2118 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

gray color

Warm Gray

Warm Gray is #8A8378, a neutral gray color with muted character. Compared with Mocha, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#8A8378 RGB138, 131, 120 HSL37, 7, 51 CMYK0, 5, 13, 46 Luminance0.2299 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Mocha or Warm Gray

Choose MochaMocha is better when the design needs muted and earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #967969.

Choose Warm GrayWarm Gray is better when the design needs muted gray character, neutral temperature, and the specific HEX value #8A8378.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyMochaWarm Gray

HEX#967969#8A8378

RGB150, 121, 105138, 131, 120

HSL21, 18, 5037, 7, 51

CMYK0, 19, 30, 410, 5, 13, 46

FamilyOrangeGray

TemperatureWarmNeutral

ToneMuted, Earth ToneMuted

Luminance0.21180.2299

Black contrast5.24:15.6:1

White contrast4.01:13.75:1

Shared tonesMuted

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Mochablack text - 5.24:1

Warm Grayblack text - 5.6:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Mocha#967969

Warm Gray#8A8378

#BCA99F#BCA99F

#B5B1AA#B5B1AA

#698696#698696

#79808B#79808B

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

[
  {
    "slug": "mocha",
    "name": "Mocha",
    "hex": "#967969",
    "rgb": [
      150,
      121,
      105
    ],
    "hsl": [
      21,
      18,
      50
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      19,
      30,
      41
    ],
    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "muted",
      "earth-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.2118,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 5.24,
      "white": 4.01
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "AAA": []
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.24
    },
    "description": "Mocha is #967969, a warm orange color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Warm Gray, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/mocha/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mocha.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "warm-gray",
    "name": "Warm Gray",
    "hex": "#8A8378",
    "rgb": [
      138,
      131,
      120
    ],
    "hsl": [
      37,
      7,
      51
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      5,
      13,
      46
    ],
    "family": "gray",
    "temperature": "neutral",
    "tone": [
      "muted"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.2299,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 5.6,
      "white": 3.75
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "AAA": []
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.6
    },
    "description": "Warm Gray is #8A8378, a neutral gray color with muted character. Compared with Mocha, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/warm-gray/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/warm-gray.json"
  }
]

Differences

{
  "rgbDistance": 21.7,
  "contrastRatio": 1.07,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 16,
    "saturation": 11,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0181,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": false,
  "sharedTones": [
    "muted"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Warm Gray",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Mocha"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.07,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Mocha",
      "background": "#967969",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.24
    },
    {
      "color": "Warm Gray",
      "background": "#8A8378",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.6
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "chooseFirstWhen": "Mocha is better when the design needs muted and earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #967969.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Warm Gray is better when the design needs muted gray character, neutral temperature, and the specific HEX value #8A8378.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

[
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/mocha-vs-warm-gray.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mocha.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/warm-gray.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "mocha-vs-warm-gray",
  "type": "nearest",
  "name": "Mocha vs Warm Gray",
  "verdict": "Mocha and Warm Gray are very close colors. Warm Gray is the lighter option. Mocha reads warmer. Their mutual contrast is 1.07:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.",
  "summary": "Mocha and Warm Gray are different orange and gray colors with HEX values #967969 and #8A8378. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 21.7, their contrast ratio is 1.07:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
  "rgbDistance": 21.7,
  "contrastRatio": 1.07,
  "colors": [
    {
      "slug": "mocha",
      "name": "Mocha",
      "hex": "#967969",
      "rgb": [
        150,
        121,
        105
      ],
      "hsl": [
        21,
        18,
        50
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        19,
        30,
        41
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "muted",
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.2118,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 5.24,
        "white": 4.01
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 5.24
      },
      "description": "Mocha is #967969, a warm orange color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Warm Gray, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/mocha/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mocha.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "warm-gray",
      "name": "Warm Gray",
      "hex": "#8A8378",
      "rgb": [
        138,
        131,
        120
      ],
      "hsl": [
        37,
        7,
        51
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        5,
        13,
        46
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.2299,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 5.6,
        "white": 3.75
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 5.6
      },
      "description": "Warm Gray is #8A8378, a neutral gray color with muted character. Compared with Mocha, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/warm-gray/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/warm-gray.json"
    }
  ],
  "differences": {
    "rgbDistance": 21.7,
    "contrastRatio": 1.07,
    "hslDelta": {
      "hue": 16,
      "saturation": 11,
      "lightness": 1
    },
    "luminanceDelta": 0.0181,
    "sameFamily": false,
    "sameTemperature": false,
    "sharedTones": [
      "muted"
    ],
    "lighterColor": "Warm Gray",
    "moreSaturatedColor": "Mocha"
  },
  "accessibility": {
    "pairContrastRatio": 1.07,
    "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
    "safeText": [
      {
        "color": "Mocha",
        "background": "#967969",
        "foreground": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 5.24
      },
      {
        "color": "Warm Gray",
        "background": "#8A8378",
        "foreground": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 5.6
      }
    ]
  },
  "useCases": {
    "chooseFirstWhen": "Mocha is better when the design needs muted and earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #967969.",
    "chooseSecondWhen": "Warm Gray is better when the design needs muted gray character, neutral temperature, and the specific HEX value #8A8378.",
    "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
  },
  "relatedApi": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/mocha-vs-warm-gray.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mocha.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/warm-gray.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/mocha-vs-warm-gray/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/mocha-vs-warm-gray.json"
}