#9C8237#9C8237

#9C8237 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.099 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8237
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 64.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 1.05, 43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 43.23, 88.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.099 90)
XYZ	xyz(22.3836, 23.3103, 6.9340)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8237 #37519C

analogous

#9C5037 #9C8237 #849C37

triadic

#9C8237 #379C82 #82379C

tetradic

#9C8237 #379C50 #37519C #9C3784

square

#9C8237 #379C50 #37519C #9C3784

split-complementary

#9C8237 #37849C #50379C

monochromatic

#423717 #6F5C27 #9C8237 #C1A44F #D1BB7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#9C8237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#9C8237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8237

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8237	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90802F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.099 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca671',
    500: '#9c8237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8237;
$custom-light: #bca671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.554,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61588,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.23309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8237

secondary

#7587BA

accent

#73D750

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8237

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

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