#9C491E#9C491E

#9C491E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.124 H 45.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C491E
RGB	rgb(156, 73, 30)
HSL	hsl(20, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(20, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 80.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, 31.82, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 51.38, 51.73°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% 0.0873 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.124 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3288, 11.9288, 2.6707)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C491E #1E719C

analogous

#9C1E32 #9C491E #9C881E

triadic

#9C491E #1E9C49 #491E9C

tetradic

#9C491E #329C1E #1E719C #881E9C

square

#9C491E #329C1E #1E719C #881E9C

split-complementary

#9C491E #1E9C88 #1E329C

monochromatic

#35190A #693114 #9C491E #CF6128 #DE8556

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#9C491E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#9C491E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C491E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C491E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C491E	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75681C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC3740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c491e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 73, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.124 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07d5d',
    500: '#9c491e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c491e;
$custom-light: #c07d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c491e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.476,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50418,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C491E

secondary

#549CC2

accent

#AFEB3D

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C491E

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

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