#9C5524#9C5524

#9C5524 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.113 H 52.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5524
RGB	rgb(156, 85, 36)
HSL	hsl(25, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(25, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 76.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.79, 25.52, 40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.79, 47.53, 57.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.0693 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.113 52)
XYZ	xyz(17.2788, 13.6942, 3.4020)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5524 #246B9C

analogous

#9C242F #9C5524 #9C9124

triadic

#9C5524 #249C55 #55249C

tetradic

#9C5524 #2F9C24 #246B9C #91249C

square

#9C5524 #2F9C24 #246B9C #91249C

split-complementary

#9C5524 #249C91 #242F9C

monochromatic

#391F0D #6A3A19 #9C5524 #CE702F #DA9260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#9C5524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#9C5524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5524

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5524	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)

#695E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB464B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 85, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.113 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8562',
    500: '#9c5524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5524;
$custom-light: #bf8562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52492,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.13692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5524

secondary

#5C97BF

accent

#A3E642

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFEA

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5524

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

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