#9C855D#9C855D

#9C855D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.062 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C855D
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 93)
HSL	hsl(38, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 40%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 40.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, 2.92, 24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 24.99, 83.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% 0.0097 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.062 81)
XYZ	xyz(24.0742, 24.6343, 13.8406)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C855D #5D749C

analogous

#9C665D #9C855D #949C5D

triadic

#9C855D #5D9C85 #855D9C

tetradic

#9C855D #5D9C66 #5D749C #9C5D94

square

#9C855D #5D9C66 #5D749C #9C5D94

split-complementary

#9C855D #5D949C #665D9C

monochromatic

#4F442F #766446 #9C855D #B4A282 #CBBEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#9C855D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#9C855D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C855D

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C855D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C855D	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F855A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c855d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.062 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa88b',
    500: '#9c855d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c855d;
$custom-light: #baa88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c855d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.095,
    "s": 25.301,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.628,
    "c": 0.06219,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.24633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C855D

secondary

#9BA6B9

accent

#88C266

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#120F0C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C855D

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

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