#9C7420#9C7420

#9C7420 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.109 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C7420
RGB	rgb(156, 116, 32)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, 7.71, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 49.88, 81.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.0163 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.109 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2178, 19.6645, 4.0970)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C7420 #20489C

analogous

#9C3620 #9C7420 #869C20

triadic

#9C7420 #209C74 #74209C

tetradic

#9C7420 #209C36 #20489C #9C2086

square

#9C7420 #209C36 #20489C #9C2086

split-complementary

#9C7420 #20869C #36209C

monochromatic

#36280B #694E16 #9C7420 #CF9A2A #DDB359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#9C7420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#9C7420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C7420

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C7420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C7420	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c7420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 116, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.109 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9b62',
    500: '#9c7420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c7420;
$custom-light: #be9b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c7420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.645,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58435,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C7420

secondary

#5779C1

accent

#76E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C7420

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

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