#9B5A24#9B5A24

#9B5A24 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.109 H 56.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5A24
RGB	rgb(155, 90, 36)
HSL	hsl(27, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(27, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 76.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 22.28, 41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 46.74, 61.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.25% 0.0597 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(53.25% 0.109 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4937, 14.4101, 3.5289)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5A24 #24659B

analogous

#9B2429 #9B5A24 #9B9624

triadic

#9B5A24 #249B5A #5A249B

tetradic

#9B5A24 #299B24 #24659B #96249B

square

#9B5A24 #299B24 #24659B #96249B

split-complementary

#9B5A24 #249B96 #24299B

monochromatic

#38200D #693D18 #9B5A24 #CD7730 #DA975F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#9B5A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#9B5A24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5A24

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5A24	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)

#6D611D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 90, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.109 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8962',
    500: '#9b5a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5a24;
$custom-light: #be8962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.227,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53251,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5A24

secondary

#5C92BF

accent

#9BE542

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5A24

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

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