#9C8259#9C8259

#9C8259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.065 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8259
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 42.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 4.14, 25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 26.23, 80.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% 0.013 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.065 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4968, 23.7556, 12.7969)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8259 #59739C

analogous

#9C6059 #9C8259 #949C59

triadic

#9C8259 #599C82 #82599C

tetradic

#9C8259 #599C60 #59739C #9C5994

square

#9C8259 #599C60 #59739C #9C5994

split-complementary

#9C8259 #59949C #60599C

monochromatic

#4E412D #756243 #9C8259 #B59F7D #CBBCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9C8259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#9C8259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8259

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8259	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93885A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.065 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa688',
    500: '#9c8259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8259;
$custom-light: #baa688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.716,
    "s": 27.347,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6209,
    "c": 0.06508,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8259

secondary

#98A5B9

accent

#89C464

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8259

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

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