#9B4E28#9B4E28

#9B4E28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.115 H 45.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4E28
RGB	rgb(155, 78, 40)
HSL	hsl(20, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(20, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 74.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 29.15, 36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 46.52, 51.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.19% 0.081 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(51.19% 0.115 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6265, 12.5725, 3.5582)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4E28 #28759B

analogous

#9B283B #9B4E28 #9B8728

triadic

#9B4E28 #289B4E #4E289B

tetradic

#9B4E28 #3B9B28 #28759B #87289B

square

#9B4E28 #3B9B28 #28759B #87289B

split-complementary

#9B4E28 #289B87 #283B9B

monochromatic

#3A1D0F #6A361B #9B4E28 #CB6735 #D78B66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#9B4E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#9B4E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4E28

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B4E28	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)

#635924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 78, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.115 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8164',
    500: '#9b4e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4e28;
$custom-light: #be8164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.826,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51187,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4E28

secondary

#619FBD

accent

#AEE246

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F8EEEB

border

#D1C9C6

text

#130A05

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4E28

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

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