#9C8A5A#9C8A5A

#9C8A5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.069 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A5A
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 90)
HSL	hsl(44, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 42.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -0.22, 28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 28.17, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.0003 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.069 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6449, 25.9840, 13.3881)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A5A #5A6C9C

analogous

#9C695A #9C8A5A #8D9C5A

triadic

#9C8A5A #5A9C8A #8A5A9C

tetradic

#9C8A5A #5A9C69 #5A6C9C #9C5A8D

square

#9C8A5A #5A9C69 #5A6C9C #9C5A8D

split-complementary

#9C8A5A #5A8D9C #695A9C

monochromatic

#4E452D #756844 #9C8A5A #B5A67E #CBC1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9C8A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#9C8A5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A5A

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A5A	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998E5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.069 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac89',
    500: '#9c8a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a5a;
$custom-light: #baac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6381,
    "c": 0.06906,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A5A

secondary

#99A2B9

accent

#7EC365

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A5A

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

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