#9B5937#9B5937

#9B5937 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.099 H 47.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5937
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 55)
HSL	hsl(20, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(20, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.6%, 64.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.79, 23.94, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.79, 39.23, 52.39°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% 0.0678 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.099 47)
XYZ	xyz(17.7809, 14.3910, 5.4550)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5937 #37799B

analogous

#9B3747 #9B5937 #9B8B37

triadic

#9B5937 #379B59 #59379B

tetradic

#9B5937 #479B37 #37799B #8B379B

square

#9B5937 #479B37 #37799B #8B379B

split-complementary

#9B5937 #379B8B #37479B

monochromatic

#412517 #6E3F27 #9B5937 #C0754F #D0997C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#9B5937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#9B5937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5937

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5937	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.099 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd886f',
    500: '#9b5937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5937;
$custom-light: #bd886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.4,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53298,
    "c": 0.09946,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.14389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5937

secondary

#74A2BA

accent

#A9D751

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5937

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

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