#9F8249#9F8249

#9F8249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.083 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8249
RGB	rgb(159, 130, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 54.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 3.81, 34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 34.97, 83.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.0101 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.083 83)
XYZ	xyz(23.4843, 23.8185, 9.6625)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8249 #49669F

analogous

#9F5749 #9F8249 #919F49

triadic

#9F8249 #499F82 #82499F

tetradic

#9F8249 #499F57 #49669F #9F4991

square

#9F8249 #499F57 #49669F #9F4991

split-complementary

#9F8249 #49919F #57499F

monochromatic

#4B3D22 #756036 #9F8249 #BBA06A #CEBB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#9F8249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#9F8249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8249

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8249	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96894B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 130, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.083 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea67d',
    500: '#9f8249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8249;
$custom-light: #bea67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.767,
    "s": 37.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62132,
    "c": 0.08333,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.23817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8249

secondary

#8A9ABA

accent

#81CD5B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#120F0A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8249

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

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