#9E5535#9E5535

#9E5535 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.107 H 43.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5535
RGB	rgb(158, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(18, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 66.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, 27.32, 31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 41.84, 49.24°)
OKLab	oklab(52.98% 0.0775 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(52.98% 0.107 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9931, 14.0251, 5.1270)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5535 #357E9E

analogous

#9E354A #9E5535 #9E8A35

triadic

#9E5535 #359E55 #55359E

tetradic

#9E5535 #4A9E35 #357E9E #8A359E

square

#9E5535 #4A9E35 #357E9E #8A359E

split-complementary

#9E5535 #359E8A #354A9E

monochromatic

#422416 #703C26 #9E5535 #C3714D #D3967B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#9E5535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#9E5535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5535

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5535	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD474E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.107 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0866d',
    500: '#9e5535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5535;
$custom-light: #c0866d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.286,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52979,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5535

secondary

#73A5BB

accent

#AFD94F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8EFEB

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5535

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

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