#9C5B22#9C5B22

#9C5B22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.110 H 57.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5B22
RGB	rgb(156, 91, 34)
HSL	hsl(28, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(28, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 22.06, 42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 47.83, 62.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.0586 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.11 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7416, 14.6675, 3.4098)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5B22 #22639C

analogous

#9C2226 #9C5B22 #9C9822

triadic

#9C5B22 #229C5B #5B229C

tetradic

#9C5B22 #269C22 #22639C #98229C

square

#9C5B22 #269C22 #22639C #98229C

split-complementary

#9C5B22 #229C98 #22269C

monochromatic

#38200C #6A3E17 #9C5B22 #CE782D #DC985D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#9C5B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#9C5B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5B22

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5B22	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F621A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB4D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 91, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.110 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8a61',
    500: '#9c5b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5b22;
$custom-light: #bf8a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.033,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53553,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5B22

secondary

#5A90C0

accent

#99E741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5B22

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

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