#9C8348#9C8348

#9C8348 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.084 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8348
RGB	rgb(156, 131, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 53.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 1.84, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 35.21, 87.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.0044 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.084 87)
XYZ	xyz(22.9972, 23.7696, 9.5063)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8348 #48619C

analogous

#9C5948 #9C8348 #8B9C48

triadic

#9C8348 #489C83 #83489C

tetradic

#9C8348 #489C59 #48619C #9C488B

square

#9C8348 #489C59 #48619C #9C488B

split-complementary

#9C8348 #488B9C #59489C

monochromatic

#483D21 #726035 #9C8348 #B9A168 #CDBB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9C8348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#9C8348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8348

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8348	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)

#8F8243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95894A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 131, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.084 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba67c',
    500: '#9c8348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8348;
$custom-light: #bba67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.143,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62018,
    "c": 0.08367,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.23768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8348

secondary

#8796B8

accent

#7DCD5B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8348

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

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