#9C843E#9C843E

#9C843E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.094 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C843E
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 60.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 0.44, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 40.49, 89.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.0009 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.094 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8321, 23.9194, 7.9708)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C843E #3E569C

analogous

#9C553E #9C843E #859C3E

triadic

#9C843E #3E9C84 #843E9C

tetradic

#9C843E #3E9C55 #3E569C #9C3E85

square

#9C843E #3E9C55 #3E569C #9C3E85

split-complementary

#9C843E #3E859C #553E9C

monochromatic

#443A1B #705F2D #9C843E #BDA45A #CFBC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9C843E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#9C843E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C843E

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C843E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C843E	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c843e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.094 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca776',
    500: '#9c843e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c843e;
$custom-light: #bca776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c843e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.681,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62098,
    "c": 0.09404,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C843E

secondary

#7D8CB9

accent

#75D355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C843E

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

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