#9C8238#9C8238

#9C8238 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.098 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8238
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 64.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 1.12, 42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 42.76, 88.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% 0.0003 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.098 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4078, 23.3200, 7.0616)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8238 #38529C

analogous

#9C5038 #9C8238 #849C38

triadic

#9C8238 #389C82 #82389C

tetradic

#9C8238 #389C50 #38529C #9C3884

square

#9C8238 #389C50 #38529C #9C3884

split-complementary

#9C8238 #38849C #50389C

monochromatic

#423718 #6F5C28 #9C8238 #C0A351 #D1BB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#9C8238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#9C8238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8238

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8238	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)

#908030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.098 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca672',
    500: '#9c8238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8238;
$custom-light: #bca672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.4,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61599,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8238

secondary

#7688BA

accent

#74D751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8238

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →