#9F5521#9F5521

#9F5521 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.117 H 51.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5521
RGB	rgb(159, 85, 33)
HSL	hsl(25, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(25, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.5%, 79.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, 26.69, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 49.84, 57.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.0721 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.117 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8227, 13.9798, 3.1983)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5521 #216B9F

analogous

#9F212C #9F5521 #9F9421

triadic

#9F5521 #219F55 #55219F

tetradic

#9F5521 #2C9F21 #216B9F #94219F

square

#9F5521 #2C9F21 #216B9F #94219F

split-complementary

#9F5521 #219F94 #212C9F

monochromatic

#3A1F0C #6C3A16 #9F5521 #D2702C #DD925D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#9F5521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#9F5521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F5521

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F5521	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)

#6A5E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE454A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 85, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.117 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18660',
    500: '#9f5521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5521;
$custom-light: #c18660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.762,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52891,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5521

secondary

#5A97C2

accent

#A3E93F

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFEA

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5521

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

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