#9C4E28#9C4E28

#9C4E28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.116 H 44.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4E28
RGB	rgb(156, 78, 40)
HSL	hsl(20, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(20, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.26, 29.57, 36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.26, 46.94, 50.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% 0.0822 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.116 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8193, 12.6719, 3.5673)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4E28 #28769C

analogous

#9C283C #9C4E28 #9C8828

triadic

#9C4E28 #289C4E #4E289C

tetradic

#9C4E28 #3C9C28 #28769C #88289C

square

#9C4E28 #3C9C28 #28769C #88289C

split-complementary

#9C4E28 #289C88 #283C9C

monochromatic

#3B1D0F #6B361C #9C4E28 #CB6736 #D88C67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#9C4E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#9C4E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4E28

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4E28	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 78, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.116 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8164',
    500: '#9c4e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4e28;
$custom-light: #bf8164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.655,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51335,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4E28

secondary

#62A0BE

accent

#AFE245

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F8EEEB

border

#D1C9C6

text

#130A05

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4E28

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

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