#9D855F#9D855F

#9D855F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.060 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D855F
RGB	rgb(157, 133, 95)
HSL	hsl(37, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 39%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 39.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, 3.58, 23.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 24.16, 81.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.0118 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.06 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3583, 24.7704, 14.3224)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D855F #5F779D

analogous

#9D665F #9D855F #969D5F

triadic

#9D855F #5F9D85 #855F9D

tetradic

#9D855F #5F9D66 #5F779D #9D5F96

square

#9D855F #5F9D66 #5F779D #9D5F96

split-complementary

#9D855F #5F969D #665F9D

monochromatic

#514431 #776548 #9D855F #B5A284 #CCBFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#9D855F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#9D855F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D855F

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D855F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D855F	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F855C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958B60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d855f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 133, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.060 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba88c',
    500: '#9d855f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d855f;
$custom-light: #bba88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d855f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 24.603,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62939,
    "c": 0.06049,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D855F

secondary

#9EA9BA

accent

#8AC167

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#120F0C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D855F

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

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