#9C6520#9C6520

#9C6520 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.108 H 67.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C6520
RGB	rgb(156, 101, 32)
HSL	hsl(33, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(33, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 16.29, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 48.48, 70.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% 0.0413 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.108 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6262, 16.4813, 3.5665)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C6520 #20579C

analogous

#9C2720 #9C6520 #959C20

triadic

#9C6520 #209C65 #65209C

tetradic

#9C6520 #209C27 #20579C #9C2095

square

#9C6520 #209C27 #20579C #9C2095

split-complementary

#9C6520 #20959C #27209C

monochromatic

#36230B #694416 #9C6520 #CF862A #DDA359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#9C6520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#9C6520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C6520

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C6520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C6520	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c6520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 101, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.108 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9161',
    500: '#9c6520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c6520;
$custom-light: #be9161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c6520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.387,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55426,
    "c": 0.10781,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C6520

secondary

#5786C1

accent

#8AE93F

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C6520

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

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