#9C731B#9C731B

#9C731B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.111 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C731B
RGB	rgb(156, 115, 27)
HSL	hsl(41, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(41, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 82.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 8.10, 50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 51.50, 80.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% 0.0168 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.111 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0403, 19.4101, 3.7277)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C731B #1B449C

analogous

#9C321B #9C731B #849C1B

triadic

#9C731B #1B9C73 #731B9C

tetradic

#9C731B #1B9C32 #1B449C #9C1B84

square

#9C731B #1B9C32 #1B449C #9C1B84

split-complementary

#9C731B #1B849C #321B9C

monochromatic

#342609 #684D12 #9C731B #D09924 #E1B351

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#9C731B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#9C731B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C731B

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C731B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C731B	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c731b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 115, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.111 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9b60',
    500: '#9c731b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c731b;
$custom-light: #be9b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c731b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.93,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58197,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C731B

secondary

#4F74C3

accent

#73ED3B

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C731B

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

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