#9D8A53#9D8A53

#9D8A53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.077 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A53
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 47.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -0.56, 31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 31.98, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0014 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.077 91)
XYZ	xyz(24.5552, 25.9706, 11.9013)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A53 #53669D

analogous

#9D6553 #9D8A53 #8B9D53

triadic

#9D8A53 #539D8A #8A539D

tetradic

#9D8A53 #539D65 #53669D #9D538B

square

#9D8A53 #539D65 #53669D #9D538B

split-complementary

#9D8A53 #538B9D #65539D

monochromatic

#4D4429 #75673E #9D8A53 #B7A676 #CCC09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9D8A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#9D8A53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A53

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A53	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95884F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.077 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac84',
    500: '#9d8a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a53;
$custom-light: #bbac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.595,
    "s": 30.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63788,
    "c": 0.07731,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.2597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A53

secondary

#939DB9

accent

#7BC761

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A53

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

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