#9C781B#9C781B

#9C781B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.112 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C781B
RGB	rgb(156, 120, 27)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 82.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 5.26, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 52.29, 84.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.0087 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.112 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6260, 20.5815, 3.9230)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C781B #1B3F9C

analogous

#9C371B #9C781B #7F9C1B

triadic

#9C781B #1B9C78 #781B9C

tetradic

#9C781B #1B9C37 #1B3F9C #9C1B7F

square

#9C781B #1B9C37 #1B3F9C #9C1B7F

split-complementary

#9C781B #1B7F9C #371B9C

monochromatic

#342809 #685012 #9C781B #D0A024 #E1B951

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#9C781B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#9C781B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C781B

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C781B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C781B	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887804

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c781b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 120, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.112 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9e61',
    500: '#9c781b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c781b;
$custom-light: #be9e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c781b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.256,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59237,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C781B

secondary

#4F70C3

accent

#6CED3B

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C781B

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

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