#9C6837#9C6837

#9C6837 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.093 H 62.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C6837
RGB	rgb(156, 104, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 64.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 15.83, 35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 38.91, 65.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.0433 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.093 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3515, 17.2461, 5.9233)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C6837 #376B9C

analogous

#9C3739 #9C6837 #9C9B37

triadic

#9C6837 #379C68 #68379C

tetradic

#9C6837 #399C37 #376B9C #9B379C

square

#9C6837 #399C37 #376B9C #9B379C

split-complementary

#9C6837 #379C9B #37399C

monochromatic

#422C17 #6F4A27 #9C6837 #C1864F #D1A57C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#9C6837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#9C6837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C6837

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C6837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C6837	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c6837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 104, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.093 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd936f',
    500: '#9c6837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c6837;
$custom-light: #bd936f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c6837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.109,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56248,
    "c": 0.09314,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C6837

secondary

#7598BA

accent

#96D750

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C6837

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

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