#9F781B#9F781B

#9F781B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.114 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F781B
RGB	rgb(159, 120, 27)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(42, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 83%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 6.64, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 52.87, 82.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.0125 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.114 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2138, 20.8846, 3.9505)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F781B #1B429F

analogous

#9F361B #9F781B #849F1B

triadic

#9F781B #1B9F78 #781B9F

tetradic

#9F781B #1B9F36 #1B429F #9F1B84

square

#9F781B #1B9F36 #1B429F #9F1B84

split-complementary

#9F781B #1B849F #361B9F

monochromatic

#362909 #6B5112 #9F781B #D39F24 #E2B753

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#9F781B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#9F781B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F781B

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F781B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F781B	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897804

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f781b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 120, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.114 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09e61',
    500: '#9f781b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f781b;
$custom-light: #c09e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f781b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59575,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F781B

secondary

#5173C5

accent

#6FEE3A

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F781B

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

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