#9D8B65#9D8B65

#9D8B65 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.057 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8B65
RGB	rgb(157, 139, 101)
HSL	hsl(41, 22%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 36%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 35.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, 0.97, 22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 22.85, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.0046 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.057 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4867, 26.5738, 16.0961)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8B65 #65779D

analogous

#9D6F65 #9D8B65 #939D65

triadic

#9D8B65 #659D8B #8B659D

tetradic

#9D8B65 #659D6F #65779D #9D6593

square

#9D8B65 #659D6F #65779D #9D6593

split-complementary

#9D8B65 #65939D #6F659D

monochromatic

#534935 #786A4D #9D8B65 #B5A78A #CDC3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9D8B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9D8B65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8B65

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8B65	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948A62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998F66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 139, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.057 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac91',
    500: '#9d8b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8b65;
$custom-light: #bbac91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64333,
    "c": 0.0572,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8B65

secondary

#A2AABB

accent

#85BF69

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8B65

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

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