#9C4E26#9C4E26

#9C4E26 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.117 H 45.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4E26
RGB	rgb(156, 78, 38)
HSL	hsl(20, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(20, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 75.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.24, 29.47, 37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.24, 47.69, 51.82°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% 0.0816 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.117 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7861, 12.6586, 3.3927)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4E26 #26749C

analogous

#9C2639 #9C4E26 #9C8926

triadic

#9C4E26 #269C4E #4E269C

tetradic

#9C4E26 #399C26 #26749C #89269C

square

#9C4E26 #399C26 #26749C #89269C

split-complementary

#9C4E26 #269C89 #26399C

monochromatic

#3A1D0E #6B351A #9C4E26 #CD6732 #D98B63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#9C4E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#9C4E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4E26

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4E26	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)

#645921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 78, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.117 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8162',
    500: '#9c4e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4e26;
$custom-light: #bf8162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.339,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51313,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4E26

secondary

#5F9EBF

accent

#AEE444

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EEEA

border

#D1C9C6

text

#130A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4E26

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

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