#9C5121#9C5121

#9C5121 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.116 H 49.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5121
RGB	rgb(156, 81, 33)
HSL	hsl(23, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(23, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.86, 27.61, 40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.86, 49.11, 55.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.0751 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.116 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9288, 13.0646, 3.0688)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5121 #216C9C

analogous

#9C212E #9C5121 #9C8F21

triadic

#9C5121 #219C51 #51219C

tetradic

#9C5121 #2E9C21 #216C9C #8F219C

square

#9C5121 #2E9C21 #216C9C #8F219C

split-complementary

#9C5121 #219C8F #212E9C

monochromatic

#371D0C #693716 #9C5121 #CF6B2C #DC8E5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#9C5121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#9C5121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5121

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5121	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB4147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 81, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.116 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8360',
    500: '#9c5121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5121;
$custom-light: #bf8360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.415,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5177,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5121

secondary

#5898C1

accent

#A6E840

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFE9

border

#D1CAC5

text

#130A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5121

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

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