#9C8E72#9C8E72

#9C8E72 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.043 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E72
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 114)
HSL	hsl(40, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 27%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 26.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 0.66, 16.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 16.86, 87.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0041 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.043 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4207, 27.6295, 19.8576)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E72 #72809C

analogous

#9C7972 #9C8E72 #959C72

triadic

#9C8E72 #729C8E #8E729C

tetradic

#9C8E72 #729C79 #72809C #9C7295

square

#9C8E72 #729C79 #72809C #9C7295

split-complementary

#9C8E72 #72959C #79729C

monochromatic

#574E3D #7B6E56 #9C8E72 #B5AB96 #CEC8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#9C8E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#9C8E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E72

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E72	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.043 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9af9a',
    500: '#9c8e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e72;
$custom-light: #b9af9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65161,
    "c": 0.04308,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E72

secondary

#ACB2BE

accent

#87BA6E

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100E

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E72

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →