#9D8043#9D8043

#9D8043 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.087 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8043
RGB	rgb(157, 128, 67)
HSL	hsl(41, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 57.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 3.53, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 37.06, 84.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% 0.0087 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.087 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6380, 23.0130, 8.5587)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8043 #43609D

analogous

#9D5343 #9D8043 #8D9D43

triadic

#9D8043 #439D80 #80439D

tetradic

#9D8043 #439D53 #43609D #9D438D

square

#9D8043 #439D53 #43609D #9D438D

split-complementary

#9D8043 #438D9D #53439D

monochromatic

#473A1E #725D31 #9D8043 #BC9F61 #CEB98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#9D8043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#9D8043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8043

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8043	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 128, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.087 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca479',
    500: '#9d8043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8043;
$custom-light: #bca479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.667,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61415,
    "c": 0.08724,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8043

secondary

#8394B9

accent

#7FD058

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8043

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

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