#9B5B22#9B5B22

#9B5B22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.109 H 58.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5B22
RGB	rgb(155, 91, 34)
HSL	hsl(28, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(28, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 21.62, 42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 47.46, 62.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.0574 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.109 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5489, 14.5681, 3.4008)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5B22 #22629B

analogous

#9B2226 #9B5B22 #9B9722

triadic

#9B5B22 #229B5B #5B229B

tetradic

#9B5B22 #269B22 #22629B #97229B

square

#9B5B22 #269B22 #22629B #97229B

split-complementary

#9B5B22 #229B97 #22269B

monochromatic

#37200C #693E17 #9B5B22 #CD782D #DB985C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#9B5B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#9B5B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5B22

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5B22	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E621A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 91, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.109 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8a61',
    500: '#9b5b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5b22;
$custom-light: #be8a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.264,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53417,
    "c": 0.10914,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5B22

secondary

#598FC0

accent

#99E741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5B22

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

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