#9C783E#9C783E

#9C783E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.088 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C783E
RGB	rgb(156, 120, 62)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 60.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, 7.20, 36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 37.46, 78.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.0188 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.088 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2974, 20.8501, 7.4592)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C783E #3E629C

analogous

#9C493E #9C783E #919C3E

triadic

#9C783E #3E9C78 #783E9C

tetradic

#9C783E #3E9C49 #3E629C #9C3E91

square

#9C783E #3E9C49 #3E629C #9C3E91

split-complementary

#9C783E #3E919C #493E9C

monochromatic

#44351B #70562D #9C783E #BD975A #CFB386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#9C783E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#9C783E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C783E

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C783E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C783E	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c783e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 120, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.088 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9e75',
    500: '#9c783e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c783e;
$custom-light: #bc9e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c783e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59565,
    "c": 0.08803,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C783E

secondary

#7D94B9

accent

#85D355

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F7F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#120E08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C783E

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

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