#9B701B#9B701B

#9B701B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.110 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B701B
RGB	rgb(155, 112, 27)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 82.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 9.35, 50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 50.88, 79.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.0205 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.11 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5110, 18.6376, 3.6065)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9B701B #1B469B

analogous

#9B301B #9B701B #869B1B

triadic

#9B701B #1B9B70 #701B9B

tetradic

#9B701B #1B9B30 #1B469B #9B1B86

square

#9B701B #1B9B30 #1B469B #9B1B86

split-complementary

#9B701B #1B869B #301B9B

monochromatic

#332509 #674A12 #9B701B #CF9624 #E0B050

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#9B701B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#9B701B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B701B

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B701B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B701B	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817108

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b701b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 112, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.110 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd985f',
    500: '#9b701b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b701b;
$custom-light: #bd985f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b701b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.844,
    "s": 70.33,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57464,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B701B

secondary

#4F76C3

accent

#77ED3B

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B701B

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

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