#9B781B#9B781B

#9B781B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.112 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B781B
RGB	rgb(155, 120, 27)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 82.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 4.79, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 52.11, 84.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.0074 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.112 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4332, 20.4821, 3.9139)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B781B #1B3E9B

analogous

#9B381B #9B781B #7E9B1B

triadic

#9B781B #1B9B78 #781B9B

tetradic

#9B781B #1B9B38 #1B3E9B #9B1B7E

square

#9B781B #1B9B38 #1B3E9B #9B1B7E

split-complementary

#9B781B #1B7E9B #381B9B

monochromatic

#332709 #675012 #9B781B #CFA024 #E0B950

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#9B781B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#9B781B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B781B

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B781B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B781B	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887804

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b781b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 120, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.112 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd9e60',
    500: '#9b781b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b781b;
$custom-light: #bd9e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b781b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.594,
    "s": 70.33,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59125,
    "c": 0.11215,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B781B

secondary

#4F6FC3

accent

#6BED3B

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B781B

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

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