#9D8A5E#9D8A5E

#9D8A5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.065 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A5E
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 94)
HSL	hsl(42, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 40%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 40.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 0.66, 26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 26.21, 88.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.0032 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.065 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0141, 26.1542, 14.3181)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A5E #5E719D

analogous

#9D6B5E #9D8A5E #919D5E

triadic

#9D8A5E #5E9D8A #8A5E9D

tetradic

#9D8A5E #5E9D6B #5E719D #9D5E91

square

#9D8A5E #5E9D6B #5E719D #9D5E91

split-complementary

#9D8A5E #5E919D #6B5E9D

monochromatic

#504730 #776847 #9D8A5E #B5A683 #CCC2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#9D8A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#9D8A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A5E

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A5E	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94895B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998E5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.065 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac8c',
    500: '#9d8a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a5e;
$custom-light: #bbac8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.905,
    "s": 25.1,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63981,
    "c": 0.06475,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A5E

secondary

#9DA6BA

accent

#82C266

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A5E

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

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