#9B5020#9B5020

#9B5020 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.116 H 49.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5020
RGB	rgb(155, 80, 32)
HSL	hsl(23, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(23, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, 27.69, 40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 49.21, 55.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.44% 0.0753 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(51.44% 0.116 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6485, 12.8121, 2.9625)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5020 #206B9B

analogous

#9B202D #9B5020 #9B8E20

triadic

#9B5020 #209B50 #50209B

tetradic

#9B5020 #2D9B20 #206B9B #8E209B

square

#9B5020 #2D9B20 #206B9B #8E209B

split-complementary

#9B5020 #209B8E #202D9B

monochromatic

#361C0B #683616 #9B5020 #CE6A2A #DD8C59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#9B5020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#9B5020 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5020

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5020	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 80, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.116 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf825f',
    500: '#9b5020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5020;
$custom-light: #bf825f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.415,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51444,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5020

secondary

#5697C1

accent

#A7E93F

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFE9

border

#D1CAC5

text

#130A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5020

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

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