#9C8453#9C8453

#9C8453 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.073 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8453
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 83)
HSL	hsl(40, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 46.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 2.36, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 29.87, 85.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.0072 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.073 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5237, 24.1961, 11.6132)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8453 #536B9C

analogous

#9C6053 #9C8453 #909C53

triadic

#9C8453 #539C84 #84539C

tetradic

#9C8453 #539C60 #536B9C #9C5390

square

#9C8453 #539C60 #536B9C #9C5390

split-complementary

#9C8453 #53909C #60539C

monochromatic

#4C4028 #74623E #9C8453 #B6A176 #CBBC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9C8453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#9C8453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8453

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8453	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F834F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.073 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba784',
    500: '#9c8453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8453;
$custom-light: #bba784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.274,
    "s": 30.544,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62405,
    "c": 0.07271,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8453

secondary

#929FB9

accent

#82C761

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8453

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

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