#9B8049#9B8049

#9B8049 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.080 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8049
RGB	rgb(155, 128, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 52.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, 3.18, 33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 33.67, 84.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.0085 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.08 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4403, 22.8891, 9.5381)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8049 #49649B

analogous

#9B5749 #9B8049 #8D9B49

triadic

#9B8049 #499B80 #80499B

tetradic

#9B8049 #499B57 #49649B #9B498D

square

#9B8049 #499B57 #49649B #9B498D

split-complementary

#9B8049 #498D9B #57499B

monochromatic

#483B22 #715E35 #9B8049 #B89E69 #CCB993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#9B8049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#9B8049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8049

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8049	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93864B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 128, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.080 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa47d',
    500: '#9b8049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8049;
$custom-light: #baa47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.244,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61292,
    "c": 0.08047,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8049

secondary

#8898B8

accent

#81CC5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#120F0A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8049

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

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