#9E5B23#9E5B23

#9E5B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.112 H 56.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5B23
RGB	rgb(158, 91, 35)
HSL	hsl(27, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.46, 22.99, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.46, 48.18, 61.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.0614 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.112 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1466, 14.8746, 3.5052)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5B23 #23669E

analogous

#9E2328 #9E5B23 #9E9823

triadic

#9E5B23 #239E5B #5B239E

tetradic

#9E5B23 #289E23 #23669E #98239E

square

#9E5B23 #289E23 #23669E #98239E

split-complementary

#9E5B23 #239E98 #23289E

monochromatic

#3A210D #6C3E18 #9E5B23 #D0782E #DC9860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#9E5B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#9E5B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5B23

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5B23	1.00	5.28	3.97	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F621C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 91, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.112 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08a62',
    500: '#9e5b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5b23;
$custom-light: #c08a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.317,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53835,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5B23

secondary

#5C93C1

accent

#9BE741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5B23

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

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