#9C5E2A#9C5E2A

#9C5E2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.105 H 57.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5E2A
RGB	rgb(156, 94, 42)
HSL	hsl(27, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.96, 20.75, 39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.96, 44.51, 62.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% 0.0559 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.105 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1324, 15.2423, 4.1772)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5E2A #2A689C

analogous

#9C2A2F #9C5E2A #9C972A

triadic

#9C5E2A #2A9C5E #5E2A9C

tetradic

#9C5E2A #2F9C2A #2A689C #972A9C

square

#9C5E2A #2F9C2A #2A689C #972A9C

split-complementary

#9C5E2A #2A9C97 #2A2F9C

monochromatic

#3C2410 #6C411D #9C5E2A #CA7B39 #D79B6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#9C5E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#9C5E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5E2A

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5E2A	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 94, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.105 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8c66',
    500: '#9c5e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5e2a;
$custom-light: #be8c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.368,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54185,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5E2A

secondary

#6595BD

accent

#9BE147

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C06

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5E2A

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

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