#9C7221#9C7221

#9C7221 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.108 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C7221
RGB	rgb(156, 114, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, 8.89, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 49.22, 79.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.0198 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.108 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0035, 19.2139, 4.0937)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C7221 #214B9C

analogous

#9C3521 #9C7221 #899C21

triadic

#9C7221 #219C72 #72219C

tetradic

#9C7221 #219C35 #214B9C #9C2189

square

#9C7221 #219C35 #214B9C #9C2189

split-complementary

#9C7221 #21899C #35219C

monochromatic

#37280C #694D16 #9C7221 #CF972C #DCB05B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#9C7221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#9C7221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C7221

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C7221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C7221	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c7221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 114, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.108 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9a63',
    500: '#9c7221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c7221;
$custom-light: #be9a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c7221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58031,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C7221

secondary

#587CC1

accent

#79E840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C7221

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

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