#9B4E24#9B4E24

#9B4E24 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.116 H 46.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4E24
RGB	rgb(155, 78, 36)
HSL	hsl(21, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(21, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 76.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, 28.96, 38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 48.01, 52.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.14% 0.0797 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(51.14% 0.116 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5620, 12.5467, 3.2183)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4E24 #24719B

analogous

#9B2436 #9B4E24 #9B8924

triadic

#9B4E24 #249B4E #4E249B

tetradic

#9B4E24 #369B24 #24719B #89249B

square

#9B4E24 #369B24 #24719B #89249B

split-complementary

#9B4E24 #249B89 #24369B

monochromatic

#381C0D #693518 #9B4E24 #CD6730 #DA8B5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#9B4E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#9B4E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4E24

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B4E24	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 78, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.116 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8161',
    500: '#9b4e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4e24;
$custom-light: #bf8161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.176,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51144,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4E24

secondary

#5C9CBF

accent

#ACE542

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EEEA

border

#D1C9C6

text

#130A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4E24

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

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