#9B8656#9B8656

#9B8656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.070 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8656
RGB	rgb(155, 134, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 44.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, 1.13, 28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 28.76, 87.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.004 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.07 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7231, 24.6917, 12.3187)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8656 #566B9B

analogous

#9B6356 #9B8656 #8E9B56

triadic

#9B8656 #569B86 #86569B

tetradic

#9B8656 #569B63 #566B9B #9B568E

square

#9B8656 #569B63 #566B9B #9B568E

split-complementary

#9B8656 #568E9B #63569B

monochromatic

#4C422A #746440 #9B8656 #B5A379 #CBBEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#9B8656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#9B8656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8656

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8656	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 134, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.070 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa986',
    500: '#9b8656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8656;
$custom-light: #baa986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 28.631,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62783,
    "c": 0.07028,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8656

secondary

#959FB8

accent

#81C563

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8656

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

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