#9C8B71#9C8B71

#9C8B71 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.042 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B71
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 113)
HSL	hsl(36, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 28%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 27.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 2.19, 16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 16.41, 82.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.0085 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.042 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9238, 26.7262, 19.4127)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B71 #71829C

analogous

#9C7571 #9C8B71 #979C71

triadic

#9C8B71 #719C8B #8B719C

tetradic

#9C8B71 #719C75 #71829C #9C7197

square

#9C8B71 #719C75 #71829C #9C7197

split-complementary

#9C8B71 #71979C #75719C

monochromatic

#564C3C #7A6C55 #9C8B71 #B5A895 #CEC6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9C8B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#9C8B71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B71

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B71	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.042 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac9a',
    500: '#9c8b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b71;
$custom-light: #b9ac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.279,
    "s": 17.842,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.645,
    "c": 0.04231,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B71

secondary

#ABB2BE

accent

#8CBB6D

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100E

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B71

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

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