#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
RGBrgb(156, 112, 27)
HSLhsl(40, 70%, 36%)
HSVhsv(40, 83%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28.2%, 82.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(50.38, 9.81, 50.16)
CIE-LCHlch(50.38, 51.11, 78.94°)
OKLaboklab(57.58% 0.0218 0.1081)
OKLCHoklch(57.58% 0.11 78.6)
XYZxyz(19.7037, 18.7370, 3.6156)
Luminance0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##9C701B1.004.424.754.75
#FFFFFF4.421.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7521.001.001.00
##0000004.7521.001.001.00

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

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#9C701B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva