#9D6C17#9D6C17

#9D6C17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.112 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D6C17
RGB	rgb(157, 108, 23)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(38, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 85.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, 12.42, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 52.27, 76.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.0289 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.112 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4233, 17.9568, 3.2535)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D6C17 #17489D

analogous

#9D2917 #9D6C17 #8B9D17

triadic

#9D6C17 #179D6C #6C179D

tetradic

#9D6C17 #179D29 #17489D #9D178B

square

#9D6C17 #179D29 #17489D #9D178B

split-complementary

#9D6C17 #178B9D #29179D

monochromatic

#322307 #68470F #9D6C17 #D2911F #E4AC4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#9D6C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#9D6C17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D6C17

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D6C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D6C17	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6E02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d6c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 108, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.112 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf965d',
    500: '#9d6c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d6c17;
$custom-light: #bf965d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d6c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.06,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56872,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D6C17

secondary

#4A77C6

accent

#7BF137

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D6C17

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

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