#9C8A55#9C8A55

#9C8A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.075 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A55
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 45.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -0.78, 30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 30.80, 91.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0017 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.075 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4392, 25.9017, 12.3048)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A55 #55679C

analogous

#9C6755 #9C8A55 #8B9C55

triadic

#9C8A55 #559C8A #8A559C

tetradic

#9C8A55 #559C67 #55679C #9C558B

square

#9C8A55 #559C67 #55679C #9C558B

split-complementary

#9C8A55 #558B9C #67559C

monochromatic

#4D442A #74673F #9C8A55 #B6A678 #CBC0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9C8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#9C8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A55

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A55	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.075 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac86',
    500: '#9c8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a55;
$custom-light: #bbac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.789,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63723,
    "c": 0.07479,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A55

secondary

#949DB9

accent

#7BC662

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A55

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

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