#9B5B25#9B5B25

#9B5B25 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.108 H 57.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5B25
RGB	rgb(155, 91, 37)
HSL	hsl(27, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(27, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 76.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, 21.76, 40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 46.29, 61.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% 0.0583 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.108 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5941, 14.5861, 3.6388)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5B25 #25659B

analogous

#9B252A #9B5B25 #9B9625

triadic

#9B5B25 #259B5B #5B259B

tetradic

#9B5B25 #2A9B25 #25659B #96259B

square

#9B5B25 #2A9B25 #25659B #96259B

split-complementary

#9B5B25 #259B96 #252A9B

monochromatic

#38210D #6A3E19 #9B5B25 #CC7831 #D99861

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#9B5B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#9B5B25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5B25

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5B25	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)

#6E621E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 91, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.108 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8a63',
    500: '#9b5b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5b25;
$custom-light: #be8a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.458,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53445,
    "c": 0.10768,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5B25

secondary

#5D92BF

accent

#9BE543

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5B25

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

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