#9C8A73#9C8A73

#9C8A73 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.039 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A73
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 115)
HSL	hsl(34, 17%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 26%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 26.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, 3.04, 14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 15.12, 78.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.011 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.039 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8935, 26.4835, 19.9642)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A73 #73859C

analogous

#9C7573 #9C8A73 #999C73

triadic

#9C8A73 #739C8A #8A739C

tetradic

#9C8A73 #739C75 #73859C #9C7399

square

#9C8A73 #739C75 #73859C #9C7399

split-complementary

#9C8A73 #73999C #75739C

monochromatic

#574C3E #7B6B57 #9C8A73 #B5A897 #CFC6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9C8A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9C8A73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A73

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A73	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918A72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958E74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.039 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac9b',
    500: '#9c8a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a73;
$custom-light: #b9ac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.659,
    "s": 17.155,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64335,
    "c": 0.03948,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A73

secondary

#ADB4BE

accent

#8FBA6E

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100E

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A73

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

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