#9C8D73#9C8D73

#9C8D73 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.041 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D73
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 115)
HSL	hsl(38, 17%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 26%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 26.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 1.36, 15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 15.99, 85.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.0062 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.041 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3299, 27.3562, 20.1096)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D73 #73829C

analogous

#9C7873 #9C8D73 #969C73

triadic

#9C8D73 #739C8D #8D739C

tetradic

#9C8D73 #739C78 #73829C #9C7396

square

#9C8D73 #739C78 #73829C #9C7396

split-complementary

#9C8D73 #73969C #78739C

monochromatic

#574E3E #7B6E57 #9C8D73 #B5AA97 #CFC7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#9C8D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#9C8D73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D73

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D73	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.041 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae9b',
    500: '#9c8d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d73;
$custom-light: #b9ae9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.049,
    "s": 17.155,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64971,
    "c": 0.04113,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D73

secondary

#ADB3BE

accent

#8ABA6E

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100E

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D73

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

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