#9C8349#9C8349

#9C8349 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.083 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8349
RGB	rgb(156, 131, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 53.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 1.93, 34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 34.71, 86.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.0048 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.083 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0301, 23.7827, 9.6795)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8349 #49629C

analogous

#9C5A49 #9C8349 #8C9C49

triadic

#9C8349 #499C83 #83499C

tetradic

#9C8349 #499C5A #49629C #9C498C

square

#9C8349 #499C5A #49629C #9C498C

split-complementary

#9C8349 #498C9C #5A499C

monochromatic

#493D22 #726035 #9C8349 #B9A169 #CCBB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9C8349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#9C8349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8349

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8349	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95894B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 131, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.083 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba67d',
    500: '#9c8349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8349;
$custom-light: #bba67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.928,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62033,
    "c": 0.08265,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8349

secondary

#8897B8

accent

#7DCC5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#120F0A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8349

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

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