#9C4E21#9C4E21

#9C4E21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.119 H 47.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4E21
RGB	rgb(156, 78, 33)
HSL	hsl(22, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(22, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, 29.25, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 49.52, 53.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.26% 0.08 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(51.26% 0.119 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7108, 12.6285, 2.9961)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4E21 #216F9C

analogous

#9C2132 #9C4E21 #9C8B21

triadic

#9C4E21 #219C4E #4E219C

tetradic

#9C4E21 #329C21 #216F9C #8B219C

square

#9C4E21 #329C21 #216F9C #8B219C

split-complementary

#9C4E21 #219C8B #21329C

monochromatic

#371B0C #693516 #9C4E21 #CF672C #DC8A5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#9C4E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#9C4E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4E21

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4E21	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 78, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.119 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0815f',
    500: '#9c4e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4e21;
$custom-light: #c0815f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.951,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51262,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4E21

secondary

#589AC1

accent

#AAE840

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EEE9

border

#D1C9C5

text

#130A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4E21

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

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