#9C6D22#9C6D22

#9C6D22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.106 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C6D22
RGB	rgb(156, 109, 34)
HSL	hsl(37, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(37, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 11.79, 46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 48.24, 75.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.0284 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.106 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4691, 18.1223, 3.9857)
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

#9C6D22 #22519C

analogous

#9C3022 #9C6D22 #8E9C22

triadic

#9C6D22 #229C6D #6D229C

tetradic

#9C6D22 #229C30 #22519C #9C228E

square

#9C6D22 #229C30 #22519C #9C228E

split-complementary

#9C6D22 #228E9C #30229C

monochromatic

#38270C #6A4A17 #9C6D22 #CE902D #DCAB5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#9C6D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#9C6D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C6D22

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C6D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C6D22	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)

#7E6F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c6d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 109, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.106 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9663',
    500: '#9c6d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c6d22;
$custom-light: #be9663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c6d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.885,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57022,
    "c": 0.10631,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C6D22

secondary

#5A81C0

accent

#81E741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C6D22

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

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