#9B7828#9B7828

#9B7828 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.105 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B7828
RGB	rgb(155, 120, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 74.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 5.34, 46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 47.25, 83.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.0105 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.105 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6183, 20.5561, 4.8888)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B7828 #284B9B

analogous

#9B3E28 #9B7828 #849B28

triadic

#9B7828 #289B78 #78289B

tetradic

#9B7828 #289B3E #284B9B #9B2884

square

#9B7828 #289B3E #284B9B #9B2884

split-complementary

#9B7828 #28849B #3E289B

monochromatic

#3A2D0F #6A521B #9B7828 #CB9D35 #D7B566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#9B7828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#9B7828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B7828

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B7828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B7828	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87781D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90812C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b7828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 120, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.105 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9e67',
    500: '#9b7828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b7828;
$custom-light: #bc9e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b7828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59216,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B7828

secondary

#617DBD

accent

#75E246

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B7828

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

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