#9F4522#9F4522

#9F4522 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.129 H 40.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F4522
RGB	rgb(159, 69, 34)
HSL	hsl(17, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(17, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 35.28, 38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 52.01, 47.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.3% 0.0983 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(50.3% 0.129 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7166, 11.7449, 2.8998)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F4522 #227C9F

analogous

#9F223D #9F4522 #9F8322

triadic

#9F4522 #229F45 #45229F

tetradic

#9F4522 #3D9F22 #227C9F #83229F

square

#9F4522 #3D9F22 #227C9F #83229F

split-complementary

#9F4522 #229F83 #223D9F

monochromatic

#3A190C #6D2F17 #9F4522 #D15B2D #DD825F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#9F4522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#9F4522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F4522

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F4522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F4522	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E541D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF313E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f4522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 69, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.129 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27b5f',
    500: '#9f4522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f4522;
$custom-light: #c27b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f4522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.8,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.503,
    "c": 0.12919,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F4522

secondary

#5BA5C1

accent

#B9E840

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140905

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F4522

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

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