#9B4E23#9B4E23

#9B4E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.117 H 47.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4E23
RGB	rgb(155, 78, 35)
HSL	hsl(22, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(22, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.06, 28.92, 38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.06, 48.38, 53.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.13% 0.0794 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(51.13% 0.117 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5469, 12.5407, 3.1390)
Luminance	0.1254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4E23 #23709B

analogous

#9B2334 #9B4E23 #9B8A23

triadic

#9B4E23 #239B4E #4E239B

tetradic

#9B4E23 #349B23 #23709B #8A239B

square

#9B4E23 #349B23 #23709B #8A239B

split-complementary

#9B4E23 #239B8A #23349B

monochromatic

#371C0C #693518 #9B4E23 #CD672E #DB8B5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#9B4E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#9B4E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4E23

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B4E23	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 78, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.117 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8160',
    500: '#9b4e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4e23;
$custom-light: #bf8160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51134,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4E23

secondary

#5A9BBF

accent

#ABE642

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EEEA

border

#D1C9C6

text

#130A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4E23

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

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