#9E551D#9E551D

#9E551D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.117 H 53.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E551D
RGB	rgb(158, 85, 29)
HSL	hsl(26, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(26, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 81.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, 26.10, 43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 50.89, 59.14°)
OKLab	oklab(52.72% 0.0698 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(52.72% 0.117 53.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5725, 13.8568, 2.9114)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E551D #1D669E

analogous

#9E1D25 #9E551D #9E961D

triadic

#9E551D #1D9E55 #551D9E

tetradic

#9E551D #259E1D #1D669E #961D9E

square

#9E551D #259E1D #1D669E #961D9E

split-complementary

#9E551D #1D9E96 #1D259E

monochromatic

#371D0A #6A3914 #9E551D #D27126 #E09256

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#9E551D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#9E551D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E551D

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E551D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E551D	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD454A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e551d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 85, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.117 53.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1865e',
    500: '#9e551d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e551d;
$custom-light: #c1865e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e551d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.047,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52716,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 53.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E551D

secondary

#5493C3

accent

#9FEC3C

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E551D

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

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