#9B6221#9B6221

#9B6221 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.107 H 65.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B6221
RGB	rgb(155, 98, 33)
HSL	hsl(32, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(32, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 78.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.73, 17.59, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.73, 47.72, 68.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.0453 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.107 65)
XYZ	xyz(18.1612, 15.8155, 3.5348)
Luminance	0.1581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B6221 #215A9B

analogous

#9B2521 #9B6221 #979B21

triadic

#9B6221 #219B62 #62219B

tetradic

#9B6221 #219B25 #215A9B #9B2197

square

#9B6221 #219B25 #215A9B #9B2197

split-complementary

#9B6221 #21979B #25219B

monochromatic

#36220C #694216 #9B6221 #CD822C #DC9F5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#9B6221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#9B6221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B6221

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B6221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B6221	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b6221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 98, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.107 65.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8e61',
    500: '#9b6221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b6221;
$custom-light: #be8e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b6221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.967,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54726,
    "c": 0.10715,
    "h": 65
  },
  "luminance": 0.15814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B6221

secondary

#5888C0

accent

#8EE840

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B6221

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

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