#9B701C#9B701C

#9B701C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.109 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B701C
RGB	rgb(155, 112, 28)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 82%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 81.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 9.38, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 50.53, 79.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.0207 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.109 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5227, 18.6423, 3.6685)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B701C #1C479B

analogous

#9B301C #9B701C #869B1C

triadic

#9B701C #1C9B70 #701C9B

tetradic

#9B701C #1C9B30 #1C479B #9B1C86

square

#9B701C #1C9B30 #1C479B #9B1C86

split-complementary

#9B701C #1C869B #301C9B

monochromatic

#332509 #674B13 #9B701C #CF9525 #E0B052

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#9B701C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#9B701C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B701C

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B701C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B701C	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)

#81710A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b701c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 112, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.109 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd9860',
    500: '#9b701c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b701c;
$custom-light: #bd9860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b701c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.685,
    "s": 69.399,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5747,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B701C

secondary

#5077C3

accent

#77EC3C

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B701C

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

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