#9F5437#9F5437

#9F5437 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.108 H 41.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5437
RGB	rgb(159, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 65.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 28.42, 30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 41.71, 47.06°)
OKLab	oklab(52.98% 0.0811 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(52.98% 0.108 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1595, 13.9894, 5.3576)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5437 #37829F

analogous

#9F374E #9F5437 #9F8837

triadic

#9F5437 #379F54 #54379F

tetradic

#9F5437 #4E9F37 #37829F #88379F

square

#9F5437 #4E9F37 #37829F #88379F

split-complementary

#9F5437 #379F88 #374E9F

monochromatic

#442418 #723C27 #9F5437 #C37051 #D2967E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#9F5437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#9F5437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F5437

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F5437	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE464D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.108 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0856e',
    500: '#9f5437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5437;
$custom-light: #c0856e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.731,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52978,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5437

secondary

#76A8BC

accent

#B2D850

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8EFEC

border

#D1CAC7

text

#130B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5437

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

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