#9D5B23#9D5B23

#9D5B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.111 H 57.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5B23
RGB	rgb(157, 91, 35)
HSL	hsl(28, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(28, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.32, 22.55, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.32, 47.81, 61.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.0602 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.111 57)
XYZ	xyz(17.9506, 14.7735, 3.4960)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5B23 #23659D

analogous

#9D2328 #9D5B23 #9D9823

triadic

#9D5B23 #239D5B #5B239D

tetradic

#9D5B23 #289D23 #23659D #98239D

square

#9D5B23 #289D23 #23659D #98239D

split-complementary

#9D5B23 #239D98 #23289D

monochromatic

#39210D #6B3E18 #9D5B23 #CF782E #DB985F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#9D5B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#9D5B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D5B23

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D5B23	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F621C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC4D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 91, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.111 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8a62',
    500: '#9d5b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5b23;
$custom-light: #bf8a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.541,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53698,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.14772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5B23

secondary

#5C92C0

accent

#9BE741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5B23

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

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