#9C8449#9C8449

#9C8449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.083 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8449
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 53.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 1.37, 34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 35.01, 87.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.0032 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.083 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1651, 24.0526, 9.7245)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8449 #49619C

analogous

#9C5B49 #9C8449 #8A9C49

triadic

#9C8449 #499C84 #84499C

tetradic

#9C8449 #499C5B #49619C #9C498A

square

#9C8449 #499C5B #49619C #9C498A

split-complementary

#9C8449 #498A9C #5B499C

monochromatic

#493D22 #726135 #9C8449 #B9A269 #CCBC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#9C8449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#9C8449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8449

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8449	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96894B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.083 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba77d',
    500: '#9c8449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8449;
$custom-light: #bba77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.651,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62246,
    "c": 0.0833,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8449

secondary

#8896B8

accent

#7CCC5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#120F0A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8449

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

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