#9B5B24#9B5B24

#9B5B24 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.108 H 57.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5B24
RGB	rgb(155, 91, 36)
HSL	hsl(28, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(28, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 76.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.05, 21.71, 41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.05, 46.68, 62.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% 0.058 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.108 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5786, 14.5800, 3.5572)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5B24 #24649B

analogous

#9B2428 #9B5B24 #9B9724

triadic

#9B5B24 #249B5B #5B249B

tetradic

#9B5B24 #289B24 #24649B #97249B

square

#9B5B24 #289B24 #24649B #97249B

split-complementary

#9B5B24 #249B97 #24289B

monochromatic

#38210D #693E18 #9B5B24 #CD7830 #DA985F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#9B5B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#9B5B24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5B24

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5B24	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E621D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 91, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.108 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8a62',
    500: '#9b5b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5b24;
$custom-light: #be8a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.731,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53435,
    "c": 0.10818,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5B24

secondary

#5C91BF

accent

#9AE542

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5B24

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

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