#9C781C#9C781C

#9C781C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.112 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C781C
RGB	rgb(156, 120, 28)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 82.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 5.29, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 51.96, 84.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.0089 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.112 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6377, 20.5862, 3.9849)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C781C #1C409C

analogous

#9C381C #9C781C #809C1C

triadic

#9C781C #1C9C78 #781C9C

tetradic

#9C781C #1C9C38 #1C409C #9C1C80

square

#9C781C #1C9C38 #1C409C #9C1C80

split-complementary

#9C781C #1C809C #381C9C

monochromatic

#342809 #685013 #9C781C #D0A025 #E0B852

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#9C781C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#9C781C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C781C

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C781C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C781C	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)

#887806

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c781c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 120, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.112 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9e61',
    500: '#9c781c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c781c;
$custom-light: #be9e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c781c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59243,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C781C

secondary

#5171C3

accent

#6DEC3B

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C781C

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

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