#9C4F28#9C4F28

#9C4F28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.115 H 45.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4F28
RGB	rgb(156, 79, 40)
HSL	hsl(20, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(20, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, 29.03, 36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 46.79, 51.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.5% 0.0805 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(51.5% 0.115 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8908, 12.8151, 3.5911)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4F28 #28759C

analogous

#9C283B #9C4F28 #9C8928

triadic

#9C4F28 #289C4F #4F289C

tetradic

#9C4F28 #3B9C28 #28759C #89289C

square

#9C4F28 #3B9C28 #28759C #89289C

split-complementary

#9C4F28 #289C89 #283B9C

monochromatic

#3B1E0F #6B361C #9C4F28 #CB6836 #D88D67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#9C4F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#9C4F28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4F28

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4F28	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 79, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.115 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8164',
    500: '#9c4f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4f28;
$custom-light: #bf8164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.172,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51502,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4F28

secondary

#629FBE

accent

#AEE245

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8EFEB

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130A05

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4F28

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

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