#9C6232#9C6232

#9C6232 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.098 H 58.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C6232
RGB	rgb(156, 98, 50)
HSL	hsl(27, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(27, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.2%, 67.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 18.93, 36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 41.05, 62.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% 0.0518 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.098 58.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6551, 16.0353, 5.1296)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C6232 #326C9C

analogous

#9C3237 #9C6232 #9C9732

triadic

#9C6232 #329C62 #62329C

tetradic

#9C6232 #379C32 #326C9C #97329C

square

#9C6232 #379C32 #326C9C #97329C

split-complementary

#9C6232 #329C97 #32379C

monochromatic

#3F2814 #6E4523 #9C6232 #C48047 #D3A075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#9C6232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#9C6232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C6232

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C6232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C6232	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73682D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c6232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 98, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.098 58.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8f6c',
    500: '#9c6232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c6232;
$custom-light: #bd8f6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c6232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.17,
    "s": 51.456,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55029,
    "c": 0.09834,
    "h": 58.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C6232

secondary

#6F99BB

accent

#9BDB4D

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C6232

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

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