#9C8656#9C8656

#9C8656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.071 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8656
RGB	rgb(156, 134, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 44.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 1.56, 28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 28.93, 86.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0052 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.071 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9158, 24.7911, 12.3277)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8656 #566C9C

analogous

#9C6356 #9C8656 #8F9C56

triadic

#9C8656 #569C86 #86569C

tetradic

#9C8656 #569C63 #566C9C #9C568F

square

#9C8656 #569C63 #566C9C #9C568F

split-complementary

#9C8656 #568F9C #63569C

monochromatic

#4D422B #756440 #9C8656 #B6A37A #CBBEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#9C8656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#9C8656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8656

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8656	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 134, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.071 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba986',
    500: '#9c8656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8656;
$custom-light: #bba986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 28.926,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62883,
    "c": 0.07068,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8656

secondary

#95A0B9

accent

#82C563

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8656

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

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