#9C4D22#9C4D22

#9C4D22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.119 H 46.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4D22
RGB	rgb(156, 77, 34)
HSL	hsl(21, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(21, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, 29.84, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 49.31, 52.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% 0.082 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.119 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6545, 12.4932, 3.0475)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4D22 #22719C

analogous

#9C2234 #9C4D22 #9C8A22

triadic

#9C4D22 #229C4D #4D229C

tetradic

#9C4D22 #349C22 #22719C #8A229C

square

#9C4D22 #349C22 #22719C #8A229C

split-complementary

#9C4D22 #229C8A #22349C

monochromatic

#381B0C #6A3417 #9C4D22 #CE662D #DC895D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#9C4D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#9C4D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4D22

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4D22	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63581D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 77, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.119 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08060',
    500: '#9c4d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4d22;
$custom-light: #c08060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.148,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51106,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4D22

secondary

#5A9CC0

accent

#ACE741

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EEE9

border

#D1C9C5

text

#130A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4D22

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

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