#9D8656#9D8656

#9D8656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.071 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8656
RGB	rgb(157, 134, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 29%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 45%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 45.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 1.99, 29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 29.10, 86.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.0064 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.071 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1102, 24.8913, 12.3368)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8656 #566D9D

analogous

#9D6256 #9D8656 #919D56

triadic

#9D8656 #569D86 #86569D

tetradic

#9D8656 #569D62 #566D9D #9D5691

square

#9D8656 #569D62 #566D9D #9D5691

split-complementary

#9D8656 #56919D #62569D

monochromatic

#4E432B #756440 #9D8656 #B6A37A #CCBEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#9D8656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#9D8656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8656

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8656	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 134, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.071 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba986',
    500: '#9d8656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8656;
$custom-light: #bba986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.563,
    "s": 29.218,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62983,
    "c": 0.0711,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8656

secondary

#95A1B9

accent

#82C562

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8656

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

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