#9C8442#9C8442

#9C8442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.090 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8442
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 57.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 0.76, 38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 38.52, 88.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.0006 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.09 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9459, 23.9650, 8.5703)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8442 #425A9C

analogous

#9C5742 #9C8442 #879C42

triadic

#9C8442 #429C84 #84429C

tetradic

#9C8442 #429C57 #425A9C #9C4287

square

#9C8442 #429C57 #425A9C #9C4287

split-complementary

#9C8442 #42879C #57429C

monochromatic

#463B1E #716030 #9C8442 #BCA360 #CEBC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9C8442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#9C8442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8442

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8442	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)

#91823C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.090 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca778',
    500: '#9c8442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8442;
$custom-light: #bca778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62149,
    "c": 0.09027,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8442

secondary

#8190B9

accent

#78D057

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8442

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

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