#9C8646#9C8646

#9C8646 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.088 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8646
RGB	rgb(156, 134, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 55.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, -0.01, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 37.16, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0012 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.088 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3418, 24.5614, 9.3045)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8646 #465C9C

analogous

#9C5B46 #9C8646 #879C46

triadic

#9C8646 #469C86 #86469C

tetradic

#9C8646 #469C5B #465C9C #9C4687

square

#9C8646 #469C5B #465C9C #9C4687

split-complementary

#9C8646 #46879C #5B469C

monochromatic

#483D20 #726233 #9C8646 #BAA465 #CDBD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#9C8646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#9C8646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8646

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8646	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 134, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.088 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba97b',
    500: '#9c8646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8646;
$custom-light: #bba97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62632,
    "c": 0.08774,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8646

secondary

#8592B8

accent

#78CE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8646

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

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