#9C8956#9C8956

#9C8956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.073 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8956
RGB	rgb(156, 137, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 44.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -0.11, 29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 29.93, 90.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.0003 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.073 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3364, 25.6321, 12.4679)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8956 #56699C

analogous

#9C6656 #9C8956 #8C9C56

triadic

#9C8956 #569C89 #89569C

tetradic

#9C8956 #569C66 #56699C #9C568C

square

#9C8956 #569C66 #56699C #9C568C

split-complementary

#9C8956 #568C9C #66569C

monochromatic

#4D442B #756640 #9C8956 #B6A57A #CBC0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9C8956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9C8956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8956

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8956	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 137, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.073 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab86',
    500: '#9c8956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8956;
$custom-light: #bbab86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.714,
    "s": 28.926,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63525,
    "c": 0.07286,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8956

secondary

#959FB9

accent

#7DC563

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8956

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

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