#9C4D28#9C4D28

#9C4D28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.117 H 44.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4D28
RGB	rgb(156, 77, 40)
HSL	hsl(19, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(19, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.05, 30.11, 36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.05, 47.11, 50.27°)
OKLab	oklab(51.17% 0.0838 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(51.17% 0.117 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7487, 12.5309, 3.5438)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4D28 #28779C

analogous

#9C283D #9C4D28 #9C8728

triadic

#9C4D28 #289C4D #4D289C

tetradic

#9C4D28 #3D9C28 #28779C #87289C

square

#9C4D28 #3D9C28 #28779C #87289C

split-complementary

#9C4D28 #289C87 #283D9C

monochromatic

#3B1D0F #6B351C #9C4D28 #CB6636 #D88B67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#9C4D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#9C4D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4D28

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4D28	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 77, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.117 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8064',
    500: '#9c4d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4d28;
$custom-light: #bf8064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.138,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51169,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4D28

secondary

#62A1BE

accent

#B0E245

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F8EEEB

border

#D1C9C6

text

#130A05

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4D28

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

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