#9E5522#9E5522

#9E5522 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.115 H 52.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5522
RGB	rgb(158, 85, 34)
HSL	hsl(25, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(25, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 26.30, 41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 49.07, 57.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.76% 0.0711 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(52.76% 0.115 52)
XYZ	xyz(17.6394, 13.8836, 3.2639)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5522 #226B9E

analogous

#9E222D #9E5522 #9E9322

triadic

#9E5522 #229E55 #55229E

tetradic

#9E5522 #2D9E22 #226B9E #93229E

square

#9E5522 #2D9E22 #226B9E #93229E

split-complementary

#9E5522 #229E93 #222D9E

monochromatic

#391F0C #6C3A17 #9E5522 #D0702D #DC925E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#9E5522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#9E5522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5522

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5522	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD454A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 85, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.115 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18661',
    500: '#9e5522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5522;
$custom-light: #c18661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.677,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52758,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.13882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5522

secondary

#5B97C1

accent

#A3E840

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFEA

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5522

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

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