#9D6938#9D6938

#9D6938 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.093 H 62.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D6938
RGB	rgb(157, 105, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(29, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 64.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, 15.77, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 38.84, 66.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.0432 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.093 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6713, 17.5585, 6.0937)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D6938 #386C9D

analogous

#9D383A #9D6938 #9D9C38

triadic

#9D6938 #389D69 #69389D

tetradic

#9D6938 #3A9D38 #386C9D #9C389D

square

#9D6938 #3A9D38 #386C9D #9C389D

split-complementary

#9D6938 #389D9C #383A9D

monochromatic

#432D18 #704B28 #9D6938 #C18751 #D1A67E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#9D6938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#9D6938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D6938

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D6938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D6938	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d6938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 105, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.093 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9470',
    500: '#9d6938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d6938;
$custom-light: #be9470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d6938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.109,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5658,
    "c": 0.09309,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D6938

secondary

#7699BA

accent

#96D751

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D6938

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

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