#9E5B25#9E5B25

#9E5B25 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.111 H 55.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5B25
RGB	rgb(158, 91, 37)
HSL	hsl(27, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(27, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 76.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.48, 23.08, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.48, 47.41, 60.87°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.062 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.111 55.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1771, 14.8868, 3.6661)
Luminance	0.1489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5B25 #25689E

analogous

#9E252B #9E5B25 #9E9725

triadic

#9E5B25 #259E5B #5B259E

tetradic

#9E5B25 #2B9E25 #25689E #97259E

square

#9E5B25 #2B9E25 #25689E #97259E

split-complementary

#9E5B25 #259E97 #252B9E

monochromatic

#3B220E #6C3E19 #9E5B25 #CF7831 #DA9863

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#9E5B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#9E5B25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5B25

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5B25	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)

#6F621E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 91, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.111 55.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08a63',
    500: '#9e5b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5b25;
$custom-light: #c08a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.777,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53853,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 55.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5B25

secondary

#5F95C0

accent

#9DE543

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5B25

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

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