#9C7227#9C7227

#9C7227 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.104 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C7227
RGB	rgb(156, 114, 39)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 9.16, 45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 46.85, 78.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.0214 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.104 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0952, 19.2506, 4.5764)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C7227 #27519C

analogous

#9C3827 #9C7227 #8B9C27

triadic

#9C7227 #279C72 #72279C

tetradic

#9C7227 #279C38 #27519C #9C278B

square

#9C7227 #279C38 #27519C #9C278B

split-complementary

#9C7227 #278B9C #38279C

monochromatic

#3A2A0F #6B4E1B #9C7227 #CC9634 #D8AF65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#9C7227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#9C7227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C7227

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C7227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C7227	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82731D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c7227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 114, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.104 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd9a66',
    500: '#9c7227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c7227;
$custom-light: #bd9a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c7227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.462,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58077,
    "c": 0.10403,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C7227

secondary

#6182BE

accent

#7EE345

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C7227

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

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