#9C4E20#9C4E20

#9C4E20 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.119 H 47.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4E20
RGB	rgb(156, 78, 32)
HSL	hsl(22, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(22, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.19, 29.21, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.19, 49.89, 54.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.0798 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.119 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6970, 12.6230, 2.9234)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4E20 #206E9C

analogous

#9C2030 #9C4E20 #9C8C20

triadic

#9C4E20 #209C4E #4E209C

tetradic

#9C4E20 #309C20 #206E9C #8C209C

square

#9C4E20 #309C20 #206E9C #8C209C

split-complementary

#9C4E20 #209C8C #20309C

monochromatic

#361B0B #693516 #9C4E20 #CF672A #DD8A59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#9C4E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#9C4E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4E20

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4E20	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 78, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.119 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0815f',
    500: '#9c4e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4e20;
$custom-light: #c0815f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.258,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51253,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4E20

secondary

#579AC1

accent

#AAE93F

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EEE9

border

#D1C9C5

text

#130A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4E20

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

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