#9E5B24#9E5B24

#9E5B24 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.111 H 56.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5B24
RGB	rgb(158, 91, 36)
HSL	hsl(27, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(27, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 23.03, 41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 47.80, 61.19°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.0617 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.111 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1616, 14.8806, 3.5845)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5B24 #24679E

analogous

#9E242A #9E5B24 #9E9824

triadic

#9E5B24 #249E5B #5B249E

tetradic

#9E5B24 #2A9E24 #24679E #98249E

square

#9E5B24 #2A9E24 #24679E #98249E

split-complementary

#9E5B24 #249E98 #242A9E

monochromatic

#3A220D #6C3E19 #9E5B24 #D0782F #DB9861

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#9E5B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#9E5B24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5B24

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5B24	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F621D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 91, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.111 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08a62',
    500: '#9e5b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5b24;
$custom-light: #c08a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.049,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53844,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5B24

secondary

#5E94C0

accent

#9CE642

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5B24

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

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