#9B511E#9B511E

#9B511E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.117 H 51.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B511E
RGB	rgb(155, 81, 30)
HSL	hsl(24, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(24, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, 27.06, 41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 49.81, 57.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.6% 0.0731 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(51.6% 0.117 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6959, 12.9491, 2.8482)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B511E #1E689B

analogous

#9B1E2A #9B511E #9B901E

triadic

#9B511E #1E9B51 #511E9B

tetradic

#9B511E #2A9B1E #1E689B #901E9B

square

#9B511E #2A9B1E #1E689B #901E9B

split-complementary

#9B511E #1E9B90 #1E2A9B

monochromatic

#341B0A #683614 #9B511E #CE6C28 #DE8D55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#9B511E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#9B511E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B511E

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B511E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B511E	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b511e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 81, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.117 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf835e',
    500: '#9b511e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b511e;
$custom-light: #bf835e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b511e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.48,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51598,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B511E

secondary

#5395C2

accent

#A4EA3D

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFE9

border

#D1CAC5

text

#130A04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B511E

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

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