#9C7228#9C7228

#9C7228 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.103 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C7228
RGB	rgb(156, 114, 40)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 9.21, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 46.44, 78.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.0216 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.103 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1120, 19.2573, 4.6648)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C7228 #28529C

analogous

#9C3828 #9C7228 #8C9C28

triadic

#9C7228 #289C72 #72289C

tetradic

#9C7228 #289C38 #28529C #9C288C

square

#9C7228 #289C38 #28529C #9C288C

split-complementary

#9C7228 #288C9C #38289C

monochromatic

#3B2B0F #6B4E1C #9C7228 #CB9536 #D8AF67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#9C7228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#9C7228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C7228

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C7228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C7228	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)

#82731E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c7228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 114, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.103 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd9a67',
    500: '#9c7228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c7228;
$custom-light: #bd9a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c7228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.276,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58086,
    "c": 0.10339,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C7228

secondary

#6283BE

accent

#7EE245

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C7228

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

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