#9D4E31#9D4E31

#9D4E31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.114 H 40.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D4E31
RGB	rgb(157, 78, 49)
HSL	hsl(16, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(16, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 68.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, 30.48, 31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 44.09, 46.27°)
OKLab	oklab(51.6% 0.0865 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(51.6% 0.114 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1849, 12.8406, 4.4786)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D4E31 #31809D

analogous

#9D314A #9D4E31 #9D8431

triadic

#9D4E31 #319D4E #4E319D

tetradic

#9D4E31 #4A9D31 #31809D #84319D

square

#9D4E31 #4A9D31 #31809D #84319D

split-complementary

#9D4E31 #319D84 #314A9D

monochromatic

#402014 #6E3722 #9D4E31 #C56846 #D48E75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#9D4E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#9D4E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D4E31

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D4E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D4E31	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC3F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d4e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 78, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.114 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf816a',
    500: '#9d4e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d4e31;
$custom-light: #bf816a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d4e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.111,
    "s": 52.427,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51596,
    "c": 0.11352,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D4E31

secondary

#6EA7BC

accent

#B5DC4C

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8EFEB

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130A06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D4E31

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

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