#9C5519#9C5519

#9C5519 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.117 H 55.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5519
RGB	rgb(156, 85, 25)
HSL	hsl(27, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(27, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 84%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.71, 25.10, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.71, 51.52, 60.84°)
OKLab	oklab(52.4% 0.0664 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(52.4% 0.117 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1359, 13.6371, 2.6493)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5519 #19609C

analogous

#9C191E #9C5519 #9C9619

triadic

#9C5519 #199C55 #55199C

tetradic

#9C5519 #1E9C19 #19609C #96199C

square

#9C5519 #1E9C19 #19609C #96199C

split-complementary

#9C5519 #199C96 #191E9C

monochromatic

#331C08 #673811 #9C5519 #D17221 #E2914D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#9C5519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#9C5519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5519

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5519	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB4549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 85, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.117 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0855b',
    500: '#9c5519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5519;
$custom-light: #c0855b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.481,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52402,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5519

secondary

#4C8DC4

accent

#9CEF39

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFE9

border

#D1CAC5

text

#130B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5519

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

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