#9C5A22#9C5A22

#9C5A22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.111 H 56.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5A22
RGB	rgb(156, 90, 34)
HSL	hsl(28, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(28, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 22.63, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 47.89, 61.80°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.0603 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.111 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6567, 14.4976, 3.3815)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5A22 #22649C

analogous

#9C2227 #9C5A22 #9C9722

triadic

#9C5A22 #229C5A #5A229C

tetradic

#9C5A22 #279C22 #22649C #97229C

square

#9C5A22 #279C22 #22649C #97229C

split-complementary

#9C5A22 #229C97 #22279C

monochromatic

#38200C #6A3D17 #9C5A22 #CE772D #DC975D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#9C5A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#9C5A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5A22

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5A22	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E611A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB4C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 90, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.111 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8961',
    500: '#9c5a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5a22;
$custom-light: #bf8961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.541,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5337,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5A22

secondary

#5A91C0

accent

#9BE741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5A22

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

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