#9C8A74#9C8A74

#9C8A74 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.038 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A74
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(33, 17%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 26%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 25.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, 3.19, 14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 14.63, 77.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% 0.0115 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.038 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9513, 26.5066, 20.2689)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A74 #74869C

analogous

#9C7674 #9C8A74 #9A9C74

triadic

#9C8A74 #749C8A #8A749C

tetradic

#9C8A74 #749C76 #74869C #9C749A

square

#9C8A74 #749C76 #74869C #9C749A

split-complementary

#9C8A74 #749A9C #76749C

monochromatic

#574C3E #7B6B58 #9C8A74 #B5A898 #CFC6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9C8A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9C8A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A74

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A74	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	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)

#918A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958E74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.038 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac9c',
    500: '#9c8a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a74;
$custom-light: #b9ac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 16.807,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6436,
    "c": 0.03834,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A74

secondary

#ADB5BE

accent

#90BA6E

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100E

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A74

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

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