#9B8546#9B8546

#9B8546 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.087 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8546
RGB	rgb(155, 133, 70)
HSL	hsl(44, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(44, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 54.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 0.10, 36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 36.69, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0008 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.087 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0115, 24.1869, 9.2496)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8546 #465C9B

analogous

#9B5B46 #9B8546 #879B46

triadic

#9B8546 #469B85 #85469B

tetradic

#9B8546 #469B5B #465C9B #9B4687

square

#9B8546 #469B5B #465C9B #9B4687

split-complementary

#9B8546 #46879B #5B469B

monochromatic

#473D20 #716133 #9B8546 #B9A365 #CCBD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9B8546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#9B8546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8546

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8546	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 133, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.087 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba87b',
    500: '#9b8546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8546;
$custom-light: #bba87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.471,
    "s": 37.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62316,
    "c": 0.08673,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8546

secondary

#8592B8

accent

#78CE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8546

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

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