#9C8649#9C8649

#9C8649 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.085 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8649
RGB	rgb(156, 134, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 53.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 0.25, 35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 35.64, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0001 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.085 90)
XYZ	xyz(23.4389, 24.6003, 9.8158)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8649 #495F9C

analogous

#9C5C49 #9C8649 #899C49

triadic

#9C8649 #499C86 #86499C

tetradic

#9C8649 #499C5C #495F9C #9C4989

square

#9C8649 #499C5C #495F9C #9C4989

split-complementary

#9C8649 #49899C #5C499C

monochromatic

#493E22 #726235 #9C8649 #B9A469 #CCBD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#9C8649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#9C8649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8649

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8649	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 134, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.085 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba97d',
    500: '#9c8649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8649;
$custom-light: #bba97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.096,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62674,
    "c": 0.08469,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.24599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8649

secondary

#8895B8

accent

#79CC5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#120F0A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8649

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

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