#9C712B#9C712B

#9C712B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.101 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C712B
RGB	rgb(156, 113, 43)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 72.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 9.94, 43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 45.03, 77.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% 0.0242 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.101 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0528, 19.0542, 4.9067)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C712B #2B569C

analogous

#9C392B #9C712B #8F9C2B

triadic

#9C712B #2B9C71 #712B9C

tetradic

#9C712B #2B9C39 #2B569C #9C2B8F

square

#9C712B #2B9C39 #2B569C #9C2B8F

split-complementary

#9C712B #2B8F9C #392B9C

monochromatic

#3C2B11 #6C4E1E #9C712B #C9933B #D6AD6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#9C712B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#9C712B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C712B

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C712B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C712B	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c712b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 113, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.101 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd9968',
    500: '#9c712b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c712b;
$custom-light: #bd9968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c712b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.168,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57909,
    "c": 0.10125,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C712B

secondary

#6687BD

accent

#82E048

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C712B

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

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