#9D5522#9D5522

#9D5522 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.114 H 52.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5522
RGB	rgb(157, 85, 34)
HSL	hsl(25, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(25, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, 25.87, 41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 48.68, 57.90°)
OKLab	oklab(52.62% 0.0699 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(52.62% 0.114 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4434, 13.7826, 3.2548)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5522 #226A9D

analogous

#9D222D #9D5522 #9D9322

triadic

#9D5522 #229D55 #55229D

tetradic

#9D5522 #2D9D22 #226A9D #93229D

square

#9D5522 #2D9D22 #226A9D #93229D

split-complementary

#9D5522 #229D93 #222D9D

monochromatic

#381F0C #6B3A17 #9D5522 #CF702D #DC925D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#9D5522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#9D5522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D5522

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D5522	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)

#6A5E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC464A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 85, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.114 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08660',
    500: '#9d5522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5522;
$custom-light: #c08660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.878,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52615,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5522

secondary

#5A96C1

accent

#A2E740

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFEA

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5522

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

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