#9C8A60#9C8A60

#9C8A60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.062 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A60
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 96)
HSL	hsl(42, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 38%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 38.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 0.48, 24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 25.00, 88.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.0029 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.062 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9106, 26.0903, 14.7878)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A60 #60729C

analogous

#9C6C60 #9C8A60 #909C60

triadic

#9C8A60 #609C8A #8A609C

tetradic

#9C8A60 #609C6C #60729C #9C6090

square

#9C8A60 #609C6C #60729C #9C6090

split-complementary

#9C8A60 #60909C #6C609C

monochromatic

#504731 #766849 #9C8A60 #B4A685 #CBC2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9C8A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#9C8A60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A60

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A60	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94895D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988E61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.062 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac8d',
    500: '#9c8a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a60;
$custom-light: #baac8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63923,
    "c": 0.06202,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A60

secondary

#9EA6BA

accent

#82C068

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A60

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

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