#9C8347#9C8347

#9C8347 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.085 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8347
RGB	rgb(156, 131, 71)
HSL	hsl(42, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 54.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 1.75, 35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 35.72, 87.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.0041 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.085 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9649, 23.7566, 9.3359)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8347 #47609C

analogous

#9C5947 #9C8347 #8B9C47

triadic

#9C8347 #479C83 #83479C

tetradic

#9C8347 #479C59 #47609C #9C478B

square

#9C8347 #479C59 #47609C #9C478B

split-complementary

#9C8347 #478B9C #59479C

monochromatic

#483C21 #726034 #9C8347 #BAA167 #CDBB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9C8347 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#9C8347 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8347

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8347	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8347	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)

#8F8242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8347;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 131, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.085 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba67c',
    500: '#9c8347',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8347;
$custom-light: #bba67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8347",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 37.445,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62004,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8347

secondary

#8695B8

accent

#7CCD5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8347

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

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