#9C5520#9C5520

#9C5520 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.114 H 53.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5520
RGB	rgb(156, 85, 32)
HSL	hsl(26, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(26, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.76, 25.35, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.76, 49.04, 58.87°)
OKLab	oklab(52.46% 0.0682 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(52.46% 0.114 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2211, 13.6712, 3.0981)
Luminance	0.1367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5520 #20679C

analogous

#9C2029 #9C5520 #9C9320

triadic

#9C5520 #209C55 #55209C

tetradic

#9C5520 #299C20 #20679C #93209C

square

#9C5520 #299C20 #20679C #93209C

split-complementary

#9C5520 #209C93 #20299C

monochromatic

#361E0B #693916 #9C5520 #CF712A #DD9259

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#9C5520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#9C5520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5520

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5520	1.00	5.62	3.73	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB464A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 85, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.114 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf855f',
    500: '#9c5520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5520;
$custom-light: #bf855f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.645,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52456,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5520

secondary

#5794C1

accent

#A0E93F

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFE9

border

#D1CAC5

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5520

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

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