#9C8249#9C8249

#9C8249 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.082 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8249
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 53.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 2.49, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 34.41, 85.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% 0.0065 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.082 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8965, 23.5154, 9.6349)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8249 #49639C

analogous

#9C5849 #9C8249 #8D9C49

triadic

#9C8249 #499C82 #82499C

tetradic

#9C8249 #499C58 #49639C #9C498D

square

#9C8249 #499C58 #49639C #9C498D

split-complementary

#9C8249 #498D9C #58499C

monochromatic

#493D22 #725F35 #9C8249 #B9A069 #CCBA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#9C8249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#9C8249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8249

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8249	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95884B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.082 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba67d',
    500: '#9c8249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8249;
$custom-light: #bba67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.205,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6182,
    "c": 0.08203,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8249

secondary

#8897B8

accent

#7FCC5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#120F0A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8249

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

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