#9E5225#9E5225

#9E5225 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.116 H 48.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5225
RGB	rgb(158, 82, 37)
HSL	hsl(22, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(22, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 76.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.42, 28.08, 39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.42, 48.31, 54.46°)
OKLab	oklab(52.27% 0.077 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(52.27% 0.116 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4534, 13.4393, 3.4248)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5225 #25719E

analogous

#9E2534 #9E5225 #9E8E25

triadic

#9E5225 #259E52 #52259E

tetradic

#9E5225 #349E25 #25719E #8E259E

square

#9E5225 #349E25 #25719E #8E259E

split-complementary

#9E5225 #259E8E #25349E

monochromatic

#3B1F0E #6C3819 #9E5225 #CF6C31 #DA8F63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#9E5225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#9E5225 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5225

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5225	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 82, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.116 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18462',
    500: '#9e5225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5225;
$custom-light: #c18462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.314,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52269,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5225

secondary

#5F9CC0

accent

#A9E543

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFEA

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5225

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

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