#9C6D21#9C6D21

#9C6D21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.107 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C6D21
RGB	rgb(156, 109, 33)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(37, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 11.75, 47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 48.62, 76.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.0281 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.107 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4549, 18.1167, 3.9108)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C6D21 #21509C

analogous

#9C3021 #9C6D21 #8E9C21

triadic

#9C6D21 #219C6D #6D219C

tetradic

#9C6D21 #219C30 #21509C #9C218E

square

#9C6D21 #219C30 #21509C #9C218E

split-complementary

#9C6D21 #218E9C #30219C

monochromatic

#37260C #694A16 #9C6D21 #CF902C #DCAB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#9C6D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#9C6D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C6D21

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C6D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C6D21	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c6d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 109, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.107 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9662',
    500: '#9c6d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c6d21;
$custom-light: #be9662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c6d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.073,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57015,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C6D21

secondary

#5880C1

accent

#80E840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C6D21

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

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