#9B4E27#9B4E27

#9B4E27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.115 H 45.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4E27
RGB	rgb(155, 78, 39)
HSL	hsl(20, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(20, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 74.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.10, 29.10, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.10, 46.89, 51.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% 0.0807 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.115 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6097, 12.5658, 3.4698)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4E27 #27749B

analogous

#9B273A #9B4E27 #9B8827

triadic

#9B4E27 #279B4E #4E279B

tetradic

#9B4E27 #3A9B27 #27749B #88279B

square

#9B4E27 #3A9B27 #27749B #88279B

split-complementary

#9B4E27 #279B88 #273A9B

monochromatic

#391D0E #6A351B #9B4E27 #CC6733 #D88B64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#9B4E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#9B4E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4E27

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B4E27	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)

#635923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 78, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.115 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8163',
    500: '#9b4e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4e27;
$custom-light: #be8163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.172,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51176,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4E27

secondary

#609EBE

accent

#AEE345

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F8EEEB

border

#D1C9C6

text

#130A05

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4E27

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

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