#9D5E23#9D5E23

#9D5E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.109 H 59.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5E23
RGB	rgb(157, 94, 35)
HSL	hsl(29, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(29, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.04, 20.85, 42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.04, 47.67, 64.06°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% 0.0551 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.109 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2122, 15.2967, 3.5832)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5E23 #23629D

analogous

#9D2325 #9D5E23 #9D9B23

triadic

#9D5E23 #239D5E #5E239D

tetradic

#9D5E23 #259D23 #23629D #9B239D

square

#9D5E23 #259D23 #23629D #9B239D

split-complementary

#9D5E23 #239D9B #23259D

monochromatic

#39220D #6B4018 #9D5E23 #CF7C2E #DB9B5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#9D5E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#9D5E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D5E23

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D5E23	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71641B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 94, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.109 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8c62',
    500: '#9d5e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5e23;
$custom-light: #bf8c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.016,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54251,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5E23

secondary

#5C90C0

accent

#97E741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5E23

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

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