#9E521D#9E521D

#9E521D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.119 H 51.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E521D
RGB	rgb(158, 82, 29)
HSL	hsl(25, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(25, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 81.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.35, 27.76, 43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.35, 51.23, 57.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% 0.0748 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.119 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3413, 13.3945, 2.8343)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E521D #1D699E

analogous

#9E1D29 #9E521D #9E931D

triadic

#9E521D #1D9E52 #521D9E

tetradic

#9E521D #299E1D #1D699E #931D9E

square

#9E521D #299E1D #1D699E #931D9E

split-complementary

#9E521D #1D9E93 #1D299E

monochromatic

#371C0A #6A3714 #9E521D #D26D26 #E08E56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#9E521D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#9E521D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E521D

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E521D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E521D	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE4147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e521d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 82, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.119 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1835d',
    500: '#9e521d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e521d;
$custom-light: #c1835d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e521d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.651,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52197,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E521D

secondary

#5495C3

accent

#A4EC3C

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E521D

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

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