#9C8A62#9C8A62

#9C8A62 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.060 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A62
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(41, 23%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 37%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 37.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, 0.73, 23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 23.94, 88.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% 0.0037 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.06 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0039, 26.1276, 15.2789)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A62 #62749C

analogous

#9C6D62 #9C8A62 #919C62

triadic

#9C8A62 #629C8A #8A629C

tetradic

#9C8A62 #629C6D #62749C #9C6291

square

#9C8A62 #629C6D #62749C #9C6291

split-complementary

#9C8A62 #62919C #6D629C

monochromatic

#514733 #76694A #9C8A62 #B4A687 #CBC2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#9C8A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#9C8A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A62

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A62	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93895F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988E63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.060 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac8f',
    500: '#9c8a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a62;
$custom-light: #baac8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.379,
    "s": 22.835,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63962,
    "c": 0.05963,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A62

secondary

#A0A8BA

accent

#83BF68

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A62

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

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