#9C5E27#9C5E27

#9C5E27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.106 H 58.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5E27
RGB	rgb(156, 94, 39)
HSL	hsl(28, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(28, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, 20.59, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 45.73, 63.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.055 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.106 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0807, 15.2216, 3.9049)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5E27 #27659C

analogous

#9C272A #9C5E27 #9C9827

triadic

#9C5E27 #279C5E #5E279C

tetradic

#9C5E27 #2A9C27 #27659C #98279C

square

#9C5E27 #2A9C27 #27659C #98279C

split-complementary

#9C5E27 #279C98 #272A9C

monochromatic

#3A230F #6B401B #9C5E27 #CC7C34 #D89B65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#9C5E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#9C5E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5E27

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5E27	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 94, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.106 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8c64',
    500: '#9c5e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5e27;
$custom-light: #be8c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.205,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54154,
    "c": 0.10626,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5E27

secondary

#6192BE

accent

#99E345

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C06

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5E27

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

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