#9D5437#9D5437

#9D5437 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.106 H 41.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5437
RGB	rgb(157, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.5%, 65%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 27.58, 30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 40.84, 47.51°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% 0.0787 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.106 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7660, 13.7865, 5.3391)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5437 #37809D

analogous

#9D374D #9D5437 #9D8737

triadic

#9D5437 #379D54 #54379D

tetradic

#9D5437 #4D9D37 #37809D #87379D

square

#9D5437 #4D9D37 #37809D #87379D

split-complementary

#9D5437 #379D87 #374D9D

monochromatic

#422417 #703C27 #9D5437 #C27050 #D1957D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#9D5437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#9D5437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D5437

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D5437	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB464D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.106 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf856e',
    500: '#9d5437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5437;
$custom-light: #bf856e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.059,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52694,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5437

secondary

#75A7BB

accent

#B1D850

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8EFEC

border

#D1CAC7

text

#130B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5437

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

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