#9B4520#9B4520

#9B4520 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.125 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4520
RGB	rgb(155, 69, 32)
HSL	hsl(18, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(18, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.13, 33.60, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.13, 50.98, 48.78°)
OKLab	oklab(49.65% 0.0931 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(49.65% 0.125 42)
XYZ	xyz(15.9080, 11.3312, 2.7157)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4520 #20769B

analogous

#9B2039 #9B4520 #9B8320

triadic

#9B4520 #209B45 #45209B

tetradic

#9B4520 #399B20 #20769B #83209B

square

#9B4520 #399B20 #20769B #83209B

split-complementary

#9B4520 #209B83 #20399B

monochromatic

#36180B #682E16 #9B4520 #CE5C2A #DD8059

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#9B4520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#9B4520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4520

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B4520	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D531B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA323D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 69, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.125 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7b5e',
    500: '#9b4520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4520;
$custom-light: #bf7b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.049,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49652,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.11329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4520

secondary

#56A1C1

accent

#B6E93F

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#130904

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4520

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

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