#9C8142#9C8142

#9C8142 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.088 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8142
RGB	rgb(156, 129, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 57.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 2.44, 37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 37.64, 86.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.0054 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.088 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5449, 23.1630, 8.4366)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8142 #425D9C

analogous

#9C5442 #9C8142 #8A9C42

triadic

#9C8142 #429C81 #81429C

tetradic

#9C8142 #429C54 #425D9C #9C428A

square

#9C8142 #429C54 #425D9C #9C428A

split-complementary

#9C8142 #428A9C #54429C

monochromatic

#463A1E #715D30 #9C8142 #BCA060 #CEBA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#9C8142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#9C8142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8142

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8142	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 129, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.088 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca578',
    500: '#9c8142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8142;
$custom-light: #bca578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61508,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8142

secondary

#8192B9

accent

#7CD057

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8142

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

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