#9D551C#9D551C

#9D551C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.117 H 54.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D551C
RGB	rgb(157, 85, 28)
HSL	hsl(27, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(27, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 82.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, 25.64, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 50.86, 59.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.57% 0.0683 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(52.57% 0.117 54.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3643, 13.7509, 2.8381)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D551C #1C649D

analogous

#9D1C23 #9D551C #9D961C

triadic

#9D551C #1C9D55 #551C9D

tetradic

#9D551C #239D1C #1C649D #961C9D

square

#9D551C #239D1C #1C649D #961C9D

split-complementary

#9D551C #1C9D96 #1C239D

monochromatic

#351D09 #693913 #9D551C #D17125 #E09153

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#9D551C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#9D551C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D551C

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D551C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D551C	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC454A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d551c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 85, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.117 54.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0855d',
    500: '#9d551c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d551c;
$custom-light: #c0855d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d551c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.512,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52566,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 54.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D551C

secondary

#5191C3

accent

#9EED3B

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFE9

border

#D1CAC5

text

#130B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D551C

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

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