#9D4523#9D4523

#9D4523 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.127 H 40.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D4523
RGB	rgb(157, 69, 35)
HSL	hsl(17, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(17, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.49, 34.52, 37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.49, 50.80, 47.19°)
OKLab	oklab(50% 0.0963 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.127 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3378, 11.5478, 2.9584)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D4523 #237B9D

analogous

#9D233E #9D4523 #9D8223

triadic

#9D4523 #239D45 #45239D

tetradic

#9D4523 #3E9D23 #237B9D #82239D

square

#9D4523 #3E9D23 #237B9D #82239D

split-complementary

#9D4523 #239D82 #233E9D

monochromatic

#39190D #6B2F18 #9D4523 #CF5B2E #DB825F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#9D4523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#9D4523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D4523

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D4523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D4523	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D531F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD323E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d4523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 69, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.127 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17b60',
    500: '#9d4523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d4523;
$custom-light: #c17b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d4523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.721,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49996,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D4523

secondary

#5CA4C0

accent

#B8E741

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140905

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D4523

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

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