#9C5523#9C5523

#9C5523 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.113 H 52.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5523
RGB	rgb(156, 85, 35)
HSL	hsl(25, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(25, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.78, 25.48, 40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.78, 47.91, 57.87°)
OKLab	oklab(52.48% 0.069 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(52.48% 0.113 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2637, 13.6882, 3.3227)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5523 #236A9C

analogous

#9C232E #9C5523 #9C9123

triadic

#9C5523 #239C55 #55239C

tetradic

#9C5523 #2E9C23 #236A9C #91239C

square

#9C5523 #2E9C23 #236A9C #91239C

split-complementary

#9C5523 #239C91 #232E9C

monochromatic

#381F0D #6A3A18 #9C5523 #CE702E #DB925E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#9C5523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#9C5523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5523

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5523	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB464B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 85, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.113 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8561',
    500: '#9c5523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5523;
$custom-light: #bf8561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.793,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52483,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5523

secondary

#5B96C0

accent

#A2E641

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFEA

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5523

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

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