#9C8461#9C8461

#9C8461 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.057 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8461
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 23%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 38%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 37.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 3.97, 22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 22.66, 79.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.0131 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.057 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1198, 24.4345, 14.7528)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8461 #61799C

analogous

#9C6761 #9C8461 #979C61

triadic

#9C8461 #619C84 #84619C

tetradic

#9C8461 #619C67 #61799C #9C6197

square

#9C8461 #619C67 #61799C #9C6197

split-complementary

#9C8461 #61979C #67619C

monochromatic

#514432 #76644A #9C8461 #B4A186 #CBBFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#9C8461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#9C8461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8461

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8461	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E845F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938A62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.057 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa78e',
    500: '#9c8461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8461;
$custom-light: #baa78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.593,
    "s": 23.32,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62668,
    "c": 0.0572,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8461

secondary

#9FAABA

accent

#8CC068

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#120F0C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8461

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

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