#9B5221#9B5221

#9B5221 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.115 H 51.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5221
RGB	rgb(155, 82, 33)
HSL	hsl(24, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(24, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 78.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.94, 26.63, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.94, 48.59, 56.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% 0.0722 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.115 51)
XYZ	xyz(16.8109, 13.1149, 3.0847)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5221 #216A9B

analogous

#9B212D #9B5221 #9B8F21

triadic

#9B5221 #219B52 #52219B

tetradic

#9B5221 #2D9B21 #216A9B #8F219B

square

#9B5221 #2D9B21 #216A9B #8F219B

split-complementary

#9B5221 #219B8F #212D9B

monochromatic

#361D0C #693716 #9B5221 #CD6D2C #DC8E5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#9B5221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#9B5221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5221

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5221	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)

#675B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 82, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.115 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8360',
    500: '#9b5221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5221;
$custom-light: #bf8360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.098,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51797,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.13113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5221

secondary

#5896C0

accent

#A4E840

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFE9

border

#D1CAC5

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5221

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

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