#9B4420#9B4420

#9B4420 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.126 H 41.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4420
RGB	rgb(155, 68, 32)
HSL	hsl(18, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(18, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.93, 34.11, 38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.93, 51.17, 48.19°)
OKLab	oklab(49.5% 0.0947 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(49.5% 0.126 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8470, 11.2092, 2.6953)
Luminance	0.1121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4420 #20779B

analogous

#9B203A #9B4420 #9B8220

triadic

#9B4420 #209B44 #44209B

tetradic

#9B4420 #3A9B20 #20779B #82209B

square

#9B4420 #3A9B20 #20779B #82209B

split-complementary

#9B4420 #209B82 #203A9B

monochromatic

#36170B #682E16 #9B4420 #CE5A2A #DD7F59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#9B4420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#9B4420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4420

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B4420	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C521B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72651D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA313C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 68, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.126 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7a5e',
    500: '#9b4420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4420;
$custom-light: #bf7a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.561,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49499,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4420

secondary

#56A1C1

accent

#B7E93F

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140904

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4420

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

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