#9C711B#9C711B

#9C711B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.110 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C711B
RGB	rgb(156, 113, 27)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 82.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 9.24, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 51.23, 79.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.0201 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.11 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8147, 18.9589, 3.6525)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C711B #1B469C

analogous

#9C301B #9C711B #869C1B

triadic

#9C711B #1B9C71 #711B9C

tetradic

#9C711B #1B9C30 #1B469C #9C1B86

square

#9C711B #1B9C30 #1B469C #9C1B86

split-complementary

#9C711B #1B869C #301B9C

monochromatic

#342509 #684B12 #9C711B #D09724 #E1B151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#9C711B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#9C711B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C711B

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C711B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C711B	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c711b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 113, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.110 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9960',
    500: '#9c711b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c711b;
$custom-light: #be9960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c711b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57786,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C711B

secondary

#4F76C3

accent

#76ED3B

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C711B

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

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