#9C8457#9C8457

#9C8457 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.068 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8457
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 44%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 44.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 2.79, 27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 27.80, 84.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.0089 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.068 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6826, 24.2597, 12.4501)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8457 #576F9C

analogous

#9C6157 #9C8457 #929C57

triadic

#9C8457 #579C84 #84579C

tetradic

#9C8457 #579C61 #576F9C #9C5792

square

#9C8457 #579C61 #576F9C #9C5792

split-complementary

#9C8457 #57929C #61579C

monochromatic

#4D422B #756341 #9C8457 #B5A17B #CBBDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9C8457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#9C8457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8457

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8457	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)

#8F8454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.068 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba787',
    500: '#9c8457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8457;
$custom-light: #bba787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 28.395,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62476,
    "c": 0.06832,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8457

secondary

#96A2B9

accent

#85C563

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8457

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

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