#9B5021#9B5021

#9B5021 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.116 H 49.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5021
RGB	rgb(155, 80, 33)
HSL	hsl(23, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(23, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 78.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.49, 27.73, 40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.49, 48.84, 55.40°)
OKLab	oklab(51.45% 0.0755 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(51.45% 0.116 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6623, 12.8177, 3.0352)
Luminance	0.1282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5021 #216C9B

analogous

#9B212F #9B5021 #9B8D21

triadic

#9B5021 #219B50 #50219B

tetradic

#9B5021 #2F9B21 #216C9B #8D219B

square

#9B5021 #2F9B21 #216C9B #8D219B

split-complementary

#9B5021 #219B8D #212F9B

monochromatic

#361C0C #693616 #9B5021 #CD6A2C #DC8C5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#9B5021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#9B5021 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5021

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5021	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 80, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.116 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf825f',
    500: '#9b5021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5021;
$custom-light: #bf825f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.115,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51453,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5021

secondary

#5898C0

accent

#A7E840

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFE9

border

#D1CAC5

text

#130A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5021

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

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