#9E5C28#9E5C28

#9E5C28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.109 H 55.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5C28
RGB	rgb(158, 92, 40)
HSL	hsl(26, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(26, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 74.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 22.66, 40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 46.17, 60.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.0612 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.109 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3122, 15.0785, 3.9531)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5C28 #286A9E

analogous

#9E282F #9E5C28 #9E9728

triadic

#9E5C28 #289E5C #5C289E

tetradic

#9E5C28 #2F9E28 #286A9E #97289E

square

#9E5C28 #2F9E28 #286A9E #97289E

split-complementary

#9E5C28 #289E97 #282F9E

monochromatic

#3C230F #6D401C #9E5C28 #CC7937 #D99968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#9E5C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#9E5C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5C28

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5C28	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 92, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.109 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08a65',
    500: '#9e5c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5c28;
$custom-light: #c08a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.441,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54065,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5C28

secondary

#6396BF

accent

#9DE345

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C06

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5C28

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

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