#9D5520#9D5520

#9D5520 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.115 H 53.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5520
RGB	rgb(157, 85, 32)
HSL	hsl(25, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(25, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 79.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, 25.79, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 49.42, 58.55°)
OKLab	oklab(52.6% 0.0694 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(52.6% 0.115 53)
XYZ	xyz(17.4154, 13.7714, 3.1072)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5520 #20689D

analogous

#9D2029 #9D5520 #9D9420

triadic

#9D5520 #209D55 #55209D

tetradic

#9D5520 #299D20 #20689D #94209D

square

#9D5520 #299D20 #20689D #94209D

split-complementary

#9D5520 #209D94 #20299D

monochromatic

#371E0B #6A3916 #9D5520 #D0712A #DD925A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#9D5520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#9D5520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D5520

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D5520	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC454A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 85, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.115 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0855f',
    500: '#9d5520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5520;
$custom-light: #c0855f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.44,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52598,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.13769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5520

secondary

#5794C1

accent

#A1E93F

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFE9

border

#D1CAC5

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5520

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

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