#9C4E24#9C4E24

#9C4E24 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.117 H 46.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4E24
RGB	rgb(156, 78, 36)
HSL	hsl(21, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(21, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 76.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, 29.38, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 48.42, 52.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.29% 0.0809 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(51.29% 0.118 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7547, 12.6461, 3.2273)
Luminance	0.1264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4E24 #24729C

analogous

#9C2436 #9C4E24 #9C8A24

triadic

#9C4E24 #249C4E #4E249C

tetradic

#9C4E24 #369C24 #24729C #8A249C

square

#9C4E24 #369C24 #24729C #8A249C

split-complementary

#9C4E24 #249C8A #24369C

monochromatic

#391C0D #6A3519 #9C4E24 #CE672F #DA8B60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#9C4E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#9C4E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4E24

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4E24	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 78, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.117 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8161',
    500: '#9c4e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4e24;
$custom-light: #bf8161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51292,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4E24

secondary

#5C9DBF

accent

#ACE642

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EEEA

border

#D1C9C6

text

#130A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4E24

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

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