#9E5B22#9E5B22

#9E5B22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.112 H 56.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5B22
RGB	rgb(158, 91, 34)
HSL	hsl(28, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(28, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.45, 22.94, 42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.45, 48.56, 61.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.0611 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.112 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1319, 14.8687, 3.4281)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5B22 #22659E

analogous

#9E2227 #9E5B22 #9E9922

triadic

#9E5B22 #229E5B #5B229E

tetradic

#9E5B22 #279E22 #22659E #99229E

square

#9E5B22 #279E22 #22659E #99229E

split-complementary

#9E5B22 #229E99 #22279E

monochromatic

#39210C #6C3E17 #9E5B22 #D0782D #DC985E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#9E5B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#9E5B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5B22

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5B22	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)

#6F621A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 91, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.112 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08a61',
    500: '#9e5b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5b22;
$custom-light: #c08a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.581,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53826,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5B22

secondary

#5B92C1

accent

#9BE840

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5B22

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

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