#9C4F23#9C4F23

#9C4F23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.117 H 47.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4F23
RGB	rgb(156, 79, 35)
HSL	hsl(22, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(22, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.43, 28.79, 39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.43, 48.65, 53.71°)
OKLab	oklab(51.45% 0.079 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(51.45% 0.117 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8112, 12.7832, 3.1719)
Luminance	0.1278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4F23 #23709C

analogous

#9C2334 #9C4F23 #9C8B23

triadic

#9C4F23 #239C4F #4F239C

tetradic

#9C4F23 #349C23 #23709C #8B239C

square

#9C4F23 #349C23 #23709C #8B239C

split-complementary

#9C4F23 #239C8B #23349C

monochromatic

#381C0D #6A3618 #9C4F23 #CE682E #DB8C5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#9C4F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#9C4F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4F23

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4F23	1.00	5.91	3.56	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 79, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.117 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8161',
    500: '#9c4f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4f23;
$custom-light: #bf8161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51449,
    "c": 0.11713,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4F23

secondary

#5B9BC0

accent

#AAE641

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFEA

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4F23

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

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