#9C5E22#9C5E22

#9C5E22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.109 H 60.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5E22
RGB	rgb(156, 94, 34)
HSL	hsl(30, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(30, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, 20.36, 43.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 47.71, 64.73°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.0536 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.109 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0032, 15.1907, 3.4970)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5E22 #22609C

analogous

#9C2223 #9C5E22 #9C9B22

triadic

#9C5E22 #229C5E #5E229C

tetradic

#9C5E22 #239C22 #22609C #9B229C

square

#9C5E22 #239C22 #22609C #9B229C

split-complementary

#9C5E22 #229C9B #22239C

monochromatic

#38210C #6A4017 #9C5E22 #CE7C2D #DC9B5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#9C5E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#9C5E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5E22

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5E22	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71641A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 94, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.109 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8c61',
    500: '#9c5e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5e22;
$custom-light: #bf8c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.508,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54108,
    "c": 0.10878,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5E22

secondary

#5A8EC0

accent

#95E741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5E22

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

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