#9B7420#9B7420

#9B7420 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.108 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B7420
RGB	rgb(155, 116, 32)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 7.25, 49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 49.67, 81.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.015 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.108 82)
XYZ	xyz(20.0250, 19.5651, 4.0880)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B7420 #20479B

analogous

#9B3720 #9B7420 #859B20

triadic

#9B7420 #209B74 #74209B

tetradic

#9B7420 #209B37 #20479B #9B2085

square

#9B7420 #209B37 #20479B #9B2085

split-complementary

#9B7420 #20859B #37209B

monochromatic

#36280B #684E16 #9B7420 #CE9A2A #DDB359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#9B7420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#9B7420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B7420

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B7420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B7420	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b7420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 116, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.108 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd9b62',
    500: '#9b7420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b7420;
$custom-light: #bd9b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b7420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.976,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58321,
    "c": 0.10817,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.19564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B7420

secondary

#5678C1

accent

#75E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B7420

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

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