#9D5A23#9D5A23

#9D5A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.111 H 56.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5A23
RGB	rgb(157, 90, 35)
HSL	hsl(27, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.7%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 23.11, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 47.87, 61.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.0618 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.111 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8657, 14.6037, 3.4677)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5A23 #23669D

analogous

#9D2329 #9D5A23 #9D9723

triadic

#9D5A23 #239D5A #5A239D

tetradic

#9D5A23 #299D23 #23669D #97239D

square

#9D5A23 #299D23 #23669D #97239D

split-complementary

#9D5A23 #239D97 #23299D

monochromatic

#39210D #6B3D18 #9D5A23 #CF772E #DB975F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#9D5A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#9D5A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D5A23

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D5A23	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E611C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC4B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 90, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.111 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08962',
    500: '#9d5a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5a23;
$custom-light: #c08962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.049,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53516,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5A23

secondary

#5C93C0

accent

#9CE741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5A23

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

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