#9C5B23#9C5B23

#9C5B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.110 H 57.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5B23
RGB	rgb(156, 91, 35)
HSL	hsl(28, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(28, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 22.11, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 47.44, 62.22°)
OKLab	oklab(53.56% 0.0589 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(53.56% 0.11 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7563, 14.6733, 3.4869)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5B23 #23649C

analogous

#9C2327 #9C5B23 #9C9823

triadic

#9C5B23 #239C5B #5B239C

tetradic

#9C5B23 #279C23 #23649C #98239C

square

#9C5B23 #279C23 #23649C #98239C

split-complementary

#9C5B23 #239C98 #23279C

monochromatic

#38210D #6A3E18 #9C5B23 #CE782E #DB985E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#9C5B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#9C5B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5B23

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5B23	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)

#6E621C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB4D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 91, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.110 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8a62',
    500: '#9c5b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5b23;
$custom-light: #bf8a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.769,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53562,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5B23

secondary

#5B91C0

accent

#9AE641

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5B23

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

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