#9C8561#9C8561

#9C8561 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.058 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8561
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 23%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 38%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 37.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, 3.40, 22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 22.92, 81.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0114 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.058 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2561, 24.7070, 14.7982)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8561 #61789C

analogous

#9C6861 #9C8561 #969C61

triadic

#9C8561 #619C85 #85619C

tetradic

#9C8561 #619C68 #61789C #9C6196

square

#9C8561 #619C68 #61789C #9C6196

split-complementary

#9C8561 #61969C #68619C

monochromatic

#514532 #76654A #9C8561 #B4A286 #CBBFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#9C8561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#9C8561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8561

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8561	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F855E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948B62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.058 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa88e',
    500: '#9c8561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8561;
$custom-light: #baa88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.61,
    "s": 23.32,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62879,
    "c": 0.05767,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8561

secondary

#9FA9BA

accent

#8AC068

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#120F0C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8561

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

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