#9C4E22#9C4E22

#9C4E22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.118 H 47.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4E22
RGB	rgb(156, 78, 34)
HSL	hsl(22, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(22, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.21, 29.29, 39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.21, 49.16, 53.42°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.0803 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.118 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7250, 12.6342, 3.0710)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4E22 #22709C

analogous

#9C2233 #9C4E22 #9C8B22

triadic

#9C4E22 #229C4E #4E229C

tetradic

#9C4E22 #339C22 #22709C #8B229C

square

#9C4E22 #339C22 #22709C #8B229C

split-complementary

#9C4E22 #229C8B #22339C

monochromatic

#381C0C #6A3517 #9C4E22 #CE672D #DC8B5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#9C4E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#9C4E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4E22

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4E22	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)

#64591C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 78, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.118 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8160',
    500: '#9c4e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4e22;
$custom-light: #bf8160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.639,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51272,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4E22

secondary

#5A9BC0

accent

#ABE741

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EEE9

border

#D1C9C5

text

#130A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4E22

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

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