#9C8342#9C8342

#9C8342 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.090 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8342
RGB	rgb(156, 131, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 57.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, 1.32, 38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 38.22, 88.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.0022 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.09 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8110, 23.6951, 8.5253)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8342 #425B9C

analogous

#9C5642 #9C8342 #889C42

triadic

#9C8342 #429C83 #83429C

tetradic

#9C8342 #429C56 #425B9C #9C4288

square

#9C8342 #429C56 #425B9C #9C4288

split-complementary

#9C8342 #42889C #56429C

monochromatic

#463B1E #715F30 #9C8342 #BCA260 #CEBB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#9C8342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#9C8342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8342

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8342	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90823C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 131, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.090 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca678',
    500: '#9c8342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8342;
$custom-light: #bca678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61935,
    "c": 0.0896,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8342

secondary

#8191B9

accent

#79D057

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8342

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

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