#9C701B#9C701B

#9C701B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.110 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C701B
RGB	rgb(156, 112, 27)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 82.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 9.81, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 51.11, 78.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.0218 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.11 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7037, 18.7370, 3.6156)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C701B #1B479C

analogous

#9C2F1B #9C701B #879C1B

triadic

#9C701B #1B9C70 #701B9C

tetradic

#9C701B #1B9C2F #1B479C #9C1B87

square

#9C701B #1B9C2F #1B479C #9C1B87

split-complementary

#9C701B #1B879C #2F1B9C

monochromatic

#342509 #684B12 #9C701B #D09524 #E1B051

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#9C701B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#9C701B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C701B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C701B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C701B	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817108

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c701b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 112, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.110 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be985f',
    500: '#9c701b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c701b;
$custom-light: #be985f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c701b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.535,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57582,
    "c": 0.11025,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C701B

secondary

#4F77C3

accent

#77ED3B

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C701B

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

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