#9C781E#9C781E

#9C781E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.111 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C781E
RGB	rgb(156, 120, 30)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 80.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 5.36, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 51.27, 83.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.0093 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.111 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6625, 20.5961, 4.1152)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C781E #1E429C

analogous

#9C391E #9C781E #819C1E

triadic

#9C781E #1E9C78 #781E9C

tetradic

#9C781E #1E9C39 #1E429C #9C1E81

square

#9C781E #1E9C39 #1E429C #9C1E81

split-complementary

#9C781E #1E819C #391E9C

monochromatic

#35290A #695114 #9C781E #CF9F28 #DEB756

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#9C781E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#9C781E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C781E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C781E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C781E	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)

#88780B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c781e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 120, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.111 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9e62',
    500: '#9c781e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c781e;
$custom-light: #be9e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c781e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59255,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C781E

secondary

#5473C2

accent

#6FEB3D

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C781E

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

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