#9C8A72#9C8A72

#9C8A72 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.041 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A72
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(34, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 27%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 26.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, 2.89, 15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 15.62, 79.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% 0.0106 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.041 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8363, 26.4606, 19.6628)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A72 #72849C

analogous

#9C7572 #9C8A72 #999C72

triadic

#9C8A72 #729C8A #8A729C

tetradic

#9C8A72 #729C75 #72849C #9C7299

square

#9C8A72 #729C75 #72849C #9C7299

split-complementary

#9C8A72 #72999C #75729C

monochromatic

#574C3D #7B6B56 #9C8A72 #B5A896 #CEC6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9C8A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9C8A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A72

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A72	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958E73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.041 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac9a',
    500: '#9c8a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a72;
$custom-light: #b9ac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64311,
    "c": 0.04062,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A72

secondary

#ACB4BE

accent

#8EBA6E

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100E

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A72

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

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