#9C7231#9C7231

#9C7231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.097 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C7231
RGB	rgb(156, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 68.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, 9.71, 41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 42.52, 76.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.0244 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.097 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2833, 19.3258, 5.5671)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C7231 #315B9C

analogous

#9C3D31 #9C7231 #909C31

triadic

#9C7231 #319C72 #72319C

tetradic

#9C7231 #319C3D #315B9C #9C3190

square

#9C7231 #319C3D #315B9C #9C3190

split-complementary

#9C7231 #31909C #3D319C

monochromatic

#3F2E14 #6D5022 #9C7231 #C59345 #D3AE74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#9C7231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#9C7231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C7231

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C7231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C7231	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82742A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c7231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.097 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd9a6c',
    500: '#9c7231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c7231;
$custom-light: #bd9a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c7231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.449,
    "s": 52.195,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58173,
    "c": 0.09717,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C7231

secondary

#6D8CBB

accent

#84DC4C

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C7231

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

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