#9B5E26#9B5E26

#9B5E26 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.106 H 59.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5E26
RGB	rgb(155, 94, 38)
HSL	hsl(29, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(29, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 75.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, 20.10, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 45.77, 63.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.0535 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.106 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8716, 15.1157, 3.8098)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5E26 #26639B

analogous

#9B2628 #9B5E26 #9B9826

triadic

#9B5E26 #269B5E #5E269B

tetradic

#9B5E26 #289B26 #26639B #98269B

square

#9B5E26 #289B26 #26639B #98269B

split-complementary

#9B5E26 #269B98 #26289B

monochromatic

#39220E #6A401A #9B5E26 #CC7C32 #D99B63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#9B5E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#9B5E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5E26

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5E26	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71641F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 94, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.106 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8c64',
    500: '#9b5e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5e26;
$custom-light: #be8c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.718,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54012,
    "c": 0.10586,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5E26

secondary

#5F90BE

accent

#97E444

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C05

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5E26

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

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