#9A5522#9A5522

#9A5522 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.111 H 53.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A5522
RGB	rgb(154, 85, 34)
HSL	hsl(26, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(26, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 77.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.48, 24.57, 40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.48, 47.51, 58.86°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% 0.0663 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.111 53.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8652, 13.4844, 3.2277)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A5522 #22679A

analogous

#9A222B #9A5522 #9A9122

triadic

#9A5522 #229A55 #55229A

tetradic

#9A5522 #2B9A22 #22679A #91229A

square

#9A5522 #2B9A22 #22679A #91229A

split-complementary

#9A5522 #229A91 #222B9A

monochromatic

#361E0C #683917 #9A5522 #CC712D #DB925B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#9A5522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#9A5522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A5522

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A5522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A5522	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9464A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a5522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 85, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.111 53.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8560',
    500: '#9a5522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a5522;
$custom-light: #be8560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a5522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52191,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 53.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A5522

secondary

#5894BF

accent

#A0E741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFEA

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A5522

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

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