#9C8446#9C8446

#9C8446 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.086 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8446
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 70)
HSL	hsl(43, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 55.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, 1.10, 36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 36.53, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.002 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.086 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0680, 24.0138, 9.2132)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8446 #465E9C

analogous

#9C5946 #9C8446 #899C46

triadic

#9C8446 #469C84 #84469C

tetradic

#9C8446 #469C59 #465E9C #9C4689

square

#9C8446 #469C59 #465E9C #9C4689

split-complementary

#9C8446 #46899C #59469C

monochromatic

#483D20 #726033 #9C8446 #BAA265 #CDBC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#9C8446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#9C8446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8446

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8446	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)

#908340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.086 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba77b',
    500: '#9c8446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8446;
$custom-light: #bba77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.256,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62203,
    "c": 0.08633,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8446

secondary

#8594B8

accent

#7ACE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8446

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

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