#9C8E73#9C8E73

#9C8E73 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.042 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E73
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 115)
HSL	hsl(40, 17%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 26%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 26.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 0.80, 16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 16.33, 87.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0046 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.042 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4780, 27.6524, 20.1590)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E73 #73819C

analogous

#9C7973 #9C8E73 #959C73

triadic

#9C8E73 #739C8E #8E739C

tetradic

#9C8E73 #739C79 #73819C #9C7395

square

#9C8E73 #739C79 #73819C #9C7395

split-complementary

#9C8E73 #73959C #79739C

monochromatic

#574E3E #7B6F57 #9C8E73 #B5AB97 #CFC8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#9C8E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#9C8E73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E73

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E73	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)

#958D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.042 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9af9b',
    500: '#9c8e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e73;
$custom-light: #b9af9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 17.155,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65184,
    "c": 0.04183,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E73

secondary

#ADB3BE

accent

#88BA6E

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100E

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E73

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

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