#9B6040#9B6040

#9B6040 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.090 H 48.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B6040
RGB	rgb(155, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(21, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 58.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.59, 20.66, 28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.59, 34.93, 53.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.0593 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.09 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6271, 15.7062, 6.9001)
Luminance	0.1570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B6040 #407B9B

analogous

#9B404D #9B6040 #9B8D40

triadic

#9B6040 #409B60 #60409B

tetradic

#9B6040 #4D9B40 #407B9B #8D409B

square

#9B6040 #4D9B40 #407B9B #8D409B

split-complementary

#9B6040 #409B8D #404D9B

monochromatic

#442A1C #70452E #9B6040 #BC7E5C #CEA088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#9B6040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#9B6040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B6040

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B6040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B6040	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70673D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A85558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b6040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.090 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8d75',
    500: '#9b6040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b6040;
$custom-light: #bc8d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b6040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.099,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54725,
    "c": 0.08971,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B6040

secondary

#7EA4B8

accent

#A6D156

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#120C08

muted

#817D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B6040

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

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