#9C8359#9C8359

#9C8359 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.066 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8359
RGB	rgb(156, 131, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 42.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, 3.58, 26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 26.49, 82.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% 0.0113 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.066 80)
XYZ	xyz(23.6305, 24.0229, 12.8414)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8359 #59729C

analogous

#9C6159 #9C8359 #939C59

triadic

#9C8359 #599C83 #83599C

tetradic

#9C8359 #599C61 #59729C #9C5993

square

#9C8359 #599C61 #59729C #9C5993

split-complementary

#9C8359 #59939C #61599C

monochromatic

#4E422D #756243 #9C8359 #B5A07D #CBBDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#9C8359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#9C8359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8359

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8359	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94895A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 131, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.066 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa688',
    500: '#9c8359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8359;
$custom-light: #baa688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.612,
    "s": 27.347,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62301,
    "c": 0.06557,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.24022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8359

secondary

#98A4B9

accent

#88C464

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8359

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

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