#9E5D23#9E5D23

#9E5D23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.111 H 58.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5D23
RGB	rgb(158, 93, 35)
HSL	hsl(28, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(28, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, 21.86, 42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 48.07, 62.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% 0.058 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.111 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3198, 15.2211, 3.5630)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5D23 #23649E

analogous

#9E2326 #9E5D23 #9E9B23

triadic

#9E5D23 #239E5D #5D239E

tetradic

#9E5D23 #269E23 #23649E #9B239E

square

#9E5D23 #269E23 #23649E #9B239E

split-complementary

#9E5D23 #239E9B #23269E

monochromatic

#3A220D #6C4018 #9E5D23 #D07A2E #DC9A60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#9E5D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#9E5D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5D23

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5D23	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71641B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 93, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.111 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08b62',
    500: '#9e5d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5d23;
$custom-light: #c08b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.293,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.542,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5D23

secondary

#5C91C1

accent

#99E741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5D23

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

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