#9C8456#9C8456

#9C8456 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.069 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8456
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 44.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 2.68, 28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 28.32, 84.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.0084 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.069 83)
XYZ	xyz(23.6420, 24.2434, 12.2364)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8456 #566E9C

analogous

#9C6156 #9C8456 #919C56

triadic

#9C8456 #569C84 #84569C

tetradic

#9C8456 #569C61 #566E9C #9C5691

square

#9C8456 #569C61 #566E9C #9C5691

split-complementary

#9C8456 #56919C #61569C

monochromatic

#4D412B #756340 #9C8456 #B6A17A #CBBDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9C8456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#9C8456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8456

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8456	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.069 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba786',
    500: '#9c8456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8456;
$custom-light: #bba786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 28.926,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62458,
    "c": 0.06942,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.24242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8456

secondary

#95A1B9

accent

#84C563

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8456

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

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