#9B5A23#9B5A23

#9B5A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.109 H 57.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5A23
RGB	rgb(155, 90, 35)
HSL	hsl(28, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(28, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 22.23, 41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 47.13, 61.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% 0.0594 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.109 57)
XYZ	xyz(17.4786, 14.4041, 3.4496)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5A23 #23649B

analogous

#9B2328 #9B5A23 #9B9623

triadic

#9B5A23 #239B5A #5A239B

tetradic

#9B5A23 #289B23 #23649B #96239B

square

#9B5A23 #289B23 #23649B #96239B

split-complementary

#9B5A23 #239B96 #23289B

monochromatic

#37200C #693D18 #9B5A23 #CD772E #DB975E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#9B5A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#9B5A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5A23

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5A23	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D611C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 90, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.109 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8961',
    500: '#9b5a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5a23;
$custom-light: #be8961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53242,
    "c": 0.10914,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.14402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5A23

secondary

#5A91BF

accent

#9BE642

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5A23

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

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