#9E5523#9E5523

#9E5523 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.115 H 51.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5523
RGB	rgb(158, 85, 35)
HSL	hsl(24, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(24, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 26.34, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 48.70, 57.26°)
OKLab	oklab(52.77% 0.0714 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(52.77% 0.115 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6540, 13.8895, 3.3410)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5523 #236C9E

analogous

#9E232E #9E5523 #9E9223

triadic

#9E5523 #239E55 #55239E

tetradic

#9E5523 #2E9E23 #236C9E #92239E

square

#9E5523 #2E9E23 #236C9E #92239E

split-complementary

#9E5523 #239E92 #232E9E

monochromatic

#3A1F0D #6C3A18 #9E5523 #D0702E #DC9260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#9E5523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#9E5523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5523

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5523	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)

#6A5E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD454B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 85, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.115 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18661',
    500: '#9e5523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5523;
$custom-light: #c18661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.39,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52767,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5523

secondary

#5C98C1

accent

#A3E741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFEA

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5523

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

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