#9C6E27#9C6E27

#9C6E27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.103 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C6E27
RGB	rgb(156, 110, 39)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 11.45, 44.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 46.34, 75.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.028 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.103 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6538, 18.3679, 4.4293)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C6E27 #27559C

analogous

#9C3327 #9C6E27 #8F9C27

triadic

#9C6E27 #279C6E #6E279C

tetradic

#9C6E27 #279C33 #27559C #9C278F

square

#9C6E27 #279C33 #27559C #9C278F

split-complementary

#9C6E27 #278F9C #33279C

monochromatic

#3A290F #6B4B1B #9C6E27 #CC9034 #D8AB65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#9C6E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#9C6E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C6E27

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C6E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C6E27	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F701D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c6e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 110, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.103 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9766',
    500: '#9c6e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c6e27;
$custom-light: #be9766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c6e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.41,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57265,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C6E27

secondary

#6185BE

accent

#83E345

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C6E27

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

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