#9B5E20#9B5E20

#9B5E20 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.109 H 61.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5E20
RGB	rgb(155, 94, 32)
HSL	hsl(30, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(30, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 19.83, 43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 48.12, 65.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% 0.0518 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.109 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7825, 15.0801, 3.3405)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5E20 #205D9B

analogous

#9B2120 #9B5E20 #9B9B20

triadic

#9B5E20 #209B5E #5E209B

tetradic

#9B5E20 #209B21 #205D9B #9B209B

square

#9B5E20 #209B21 #205D9B #9B209B

split-complementary

#9B5E20 #209B9B #21209B

monochromatic

#36200B #683F16 #9B5E20 #CE7D2A #DD9B59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#9B5E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#9B5E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5E20

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5E20	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 94, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.109 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8c60',
    500: '#9b5e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5e20;
$custom-light: #be8c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.244,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53958,
    "c": 0.10886,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5E20

secondary

#568BC1

accent

#93E93F

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5E20

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

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