#9C4C20#9C4C20

#9C4C20 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.121 H 46.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4C20
RGB	rgb(156, 76, 32)
HSL	hsl(21, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(21, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.76, 30.30, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.76, 50.19, 52.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.083 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.121 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5571, 12.3431, 2.8768)
Luminance	0.1234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4C20 #20709C

analogous

#9C2032 #9C4C20 #9C8A20

triadic

#9C4C20 #209C4C #4C209C

tetradic

#9C4C20 #329C20 #20709C #8A209C

square

#9C4C20 #329C20 #20709C #8A209C

split-complementary

#9C4C20 #209C8A #20329C

monochromatic

#361B0B #693316 #9C4C20 #CF652A #DD8859

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#9C4C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#9C4C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4C20

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4C20	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63571A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 76, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.121 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07f5e',
    500: '#9c4c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4c20;
$custom-light: #c07f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.29,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50922,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4C20

secondary

#579BC1

accent

#ADE93F

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EEE9

border

#D1C9C5

text

#130A04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4C20

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

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