#9C8459#9C8459

#9C8459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.066 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8459
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 42.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 3.01, 26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 26.77, 83.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.0097 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.066 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7654, 24.2928, 12.8864)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8459 #59719C

analogous

#9C6259 #9C8459 #929C59

triadic

#9C8459 #599C84 #84599C

tetradic

#9C8459 #599C62 #59719C #9C5992

square

#9C8459 #599C62 #59719C #9C5992

split-complementary

#9C8459 #59929C #62599C

monochromatic

#4E422D #756343 #9C8459 #B5A17D #CBBDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#9C8459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#9C8459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8459

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8459	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.066 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa788',
    500: '#9c8459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8459;
$custom-light: #baa788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.507,
    "s": 27.347,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62512,
    "c": 0.0661,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8459

secondary

#98A4B9

accent

#86C464

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8459

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

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