#9C5E1B#9C5E1B

#9C5E1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.112 H 62.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5E1B
RGB	rgb(156, 94, 27)
HSL	hsl(31, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(31, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 82.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.84, 20.09, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.84, 50.29, 66.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.0518 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.112 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9124, 15.1543, 3.0184)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5E1B #1B599C

analogous

#9C1D1B #9C5E1B #999C1B

triadic

#9C5E1B #1B9C5E #5E1B9C

tetradic

#9C5E1B #1B9C1D #1B599C #9C1B99

square

#9C5E1B #1B9C1D #1B599C #9C1B99

split-complementary

#9C5E1B #1B999C #1D1B9C

monochromatic

#341F09 #683F12 #9C5E1B #D07D24 #E19B51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#9C5E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#9C5E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5E1B

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5E1B	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71640F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 94, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.112 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8c5d',
    500: '#9c5e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5e1b;
$custom-light: #bf8c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.163,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54054,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5E1B

secondary

#4F87C3

accent

#90ED3B

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5E1B

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

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