#9B8A63#9B8A63

#9B8A63 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.058 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A63
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 99)
HSL	hsl(42, 22%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 36%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 36.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 0.44, 23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 23.26, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.0029 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.058 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8586, 26.0472, 15.5201)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A63 #63749B

analogous

#9B6E63 #9B8A63 #909B63

triadic

#9B8A63 #639B8A #8A639B

tetradic

#9B8A63 #639B6E #63749B #9B6390

square

#9B8A63 #639B6E #63749B #9B6390

split-complementary

#9B8A63 #63909B #6E639B

monochromatic

#504733 #76694B #9B8A63 #B3A688 #CBC2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9B8A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#9B8A63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A63

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A63	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978E64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.058 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac8f',
    500: '#9b8a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a63;
$custom-light: #b9ac8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.786,
    "s": 22.047,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63886,
    "c": 0.05804,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A63

secondary

#A0A8BA

accent

#83BF69

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100C

muted

#807F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A63

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

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