#9B521E#9B521E

#9B521E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.116 H 52.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B521E
RGB	rgb(155, 82, 30)
HSL	hsl(25, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(25, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, 26.51, 42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 49.69, 57.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.0714 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.116 52)
XYZ	xyz(16.7708, 13.0988, 2.8732)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B521E #1E679B

analogous

#9B1E29 #9B521E #9B911E

triadic

#9B521E #1E9B52 #521E9B

tetradic

#9B521E #299B1E #1E679B #911E9B

square

#9B521E #299B1E #1E679B #911E9B

split-complementary

#9B521E #1E9B91 #1E299B

monochromatic

#341C0A #683714 #9B521E #CE6D28 #DE8E55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#9B521E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#9B521E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B521E

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B521E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B521E	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b521e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 82, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.116 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf835e',
    500: '#9b521e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b521e;
$custom-light: #bf835e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b521e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.96,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51771,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.13097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B521E

secondary

#5394C2

accent

#A2EA3D

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFE9

border

#D1CAC5

text

#130B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B521E

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

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