#9C8A56#9C8A56

#9C8A56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.074 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A56
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 44.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -0.67, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 30.28, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0013 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.074 91)
XYZ	xyz(24.4792, 25.9177, 12.5155)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A56 #56689C

analogous

#9C6756 #9C8A56 #8B9C56

triadic

#9C8A56 #569C8A #8A569C

tetradic

#9C8A56 #569C67 #56689C #9C568B

square

#9C8A56 #569C67 #56689C #9C568B

split-complementary

#9C8A56 #568B9C #67569C

monochromatic

#4D442B #756740 #9C8A56 #B6A67A #CBC0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9C8A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#9C8A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A56

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A56	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)

#958852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.074 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac86',
    500: '#9c8a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a56;
$custom-light: #baac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 28.926,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6374,
    "c": 0.07365,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.25917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A56

secondary

#959EB9

accent

#7CC563

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A56

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

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