#9C8353#9C8353

#9C8353 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.072 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8353
RGB	rgb(156, 131, 83)
HSL	hsl(39, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 46.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 2.92, 29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 29.58, 84.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.0088 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.072 83)
XYZ	xyz(23.3887, 23.9262, 11.5682)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8353 #536C9C

analogous

#9C5F53 #9C8353 #919C53

triadic

#9C8353 #539C83 #83539C

tetradic

#9C8353 #539C5F #536C9C #9C5391

square

#9C8353 #539C5F #536C9C #9C5391

split-complementary

#9C8353 #53919C #5F539C

monochromatic

#4C4028 #74613E #9C8353 #B6A076 #CBBC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9C8353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#9C8353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8353

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8353	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E834F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 131, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.072 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba684',
    500: '#9c8353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8353;
$custom-light: #bba684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.452,
    "s": 30.544,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62193,
    "c": 0.07211,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.23925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8353

secondary

#929FB9

accent

#84C761

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8353

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

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