#9C5E2E#9C5E2E

#9C5E2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.102 H 56.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5E2E
RGB	rgb(156, 94, 46)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(26, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 20.97, 37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 42.86, 60.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% 0.0573 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.102 56)
XYZ	xyz(18.2076, 15.2724, 4.5732)
Luminance	0.1527 (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

#9C5E2E #2E6C9C

analogous

#9C2E35 #9C5E2E #9C952E

triadic

#9C5E2E #2E9C5E #5E2E9C

tetradic

#9C5E2E #359C2E #2E6C9C #952E9C

square

#9C5E2E #359C2E #2E6C9C #952E9C

split-complementary

#9C5E2E #2E9C95 #2E359C

monochromatic

#3D2512 #6D4220 #9C5E2E #C77B40 #D59C70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#9C5E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#9C5E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5E2E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5E2E	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 94, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.102 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8c69',
    500: '#9c5e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5e2e;
$custom-light: #be8c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.182,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54229,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.15271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5E2E

secondary

#6A98BC

accent

#9DDE4A

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C06

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5E2E

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

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