#9E5B20#9E5B20

#9E5B20 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.113 H 57.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5B20
RGB	rgb(158, 91, 32)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(28, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 22.86, 43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 49.31, 62.38°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.0606 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.113 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1039, 14.8575, 3.2806)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5B20 #20639E

analogous

#9E2024 #9E5B20 #9E9A20

triadic

#9E5B20 #209E5B #5B209E

tetradic

#9E5B20 #249E20 #20639E #9A209E

square

#9E5B20 #249E20 #20639E #9A209E

split-complementary

#9E5B20 #209E9A #20249E

monochromatic

#38200B #6B3E16 #9E5B20 #D1782A #DE985B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#9E5B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#9E5B20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5B20

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5B20	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 91, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.113 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08a60',
    500: '#9e5b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5b20;
$custom-light: #c08a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.095,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53809,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5B20

secondary

#5890C2

accent

#99E93F

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5B20

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

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