#9E5524#9E5524

#9E5524 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.115 H 51.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5524
RGB	rgb(158, 85, 36)
HSL	hsl(24, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(24, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, 26.38, 40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 48.32, 56.91°)
OKLab	oklab(52.78% 0.0717 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(52.78% 0.115 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6691, 13.8955, 3.4203)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5524 #246D9E

analogous

#9E2430 #9E5524 #9E9224

triadic

#9E5524 #249E55 #55249E

tetradic

#9E5524 #309E24 #246D9E #92249E

square

#9E5524 #309E24 #246D9E #92249E

split-complementary

#9E5524 #249E92 #24309E

monochromatic

#3A1F0D #6C3A19 #9E5524 #D0702F #DB9261

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#9E5524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#9E5524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5524

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5524	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)

#6A5E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD454B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 85, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.115 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18662',
    500: '#9e5524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5524;
$custom-light: #c18662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.098,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52776,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5524

secondary

#5E99C0

accent

#A4E642

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFEA

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5524

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

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