#9C855E#9C855E

#9C855E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.061 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C855E
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 94)
HSL	hsl(38, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 40%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 39.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 3.04, 24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 24.47, 82.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.0102 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.061 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1188, 24.6522, 14.0754)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C855E #5E759C

analogous

#9C665E #9C855E #949C5E

triadic

#9C855E #5E9C85 #855E9C

tetradic

#9C855E #5E9C66 #5E759C #9C5E94

square

#9C855E #5E9C66 #5E759C #9C5E94

split-complementary

#9C855E #5E949C #665E9C

monochromatic

#504430 #766447 #9C855E #B4A283 #CBBFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#9C855E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#9C855E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C855E

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C855E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C855E	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)

#8F855B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c855e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.061 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa88c',
    500: '#9c855e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c855e;
$custom-light: #baa88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c855e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.742,
    "s": 24.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62819,
    "c": 0.06106,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C855E

secondary

#9CA7BA

accent

#88C167

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#120F0C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C855E

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

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