#9E5525#9E5525

#9E5525 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.114 H 50.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5525
RGB	rgb(158, 85, 37)
HSL	hsl(24, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(24, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 76.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.09, 26.43, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.09, 47.95, 56.55°)
OKLab	oklab(52.79% 0.072 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(52.79% 0.114 50.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6846, 13.9017, 3.5019)
Luminance	0.1390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5525 #256E9E

analogous

#9E2531 #9E5525 #9E9125

triadic

#9E5525 #259E55 #55259E

tetradic

#9E5525 #319E25 #256E9E #91259E

square

#9E5525 #319E25 #256E9E #91259E

split-complementary

#9E5525 #259E91 #25319E

monochromatic

#3B200E #6C3A19 #9E5525 #CF7031 #DA9263

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#9E5525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#9E5525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5525

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5525	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)

#6A5E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD464B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 85, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.114 50.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08662',
    500: '#9e5525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5525;
$custom-light: #c08662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.802,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52786,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 50.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5525

secondary

#5F99C0

accent

#A5E543

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8EFEA

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5525

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

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