#9F5522#9F5522

#9F5522 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.116 H 51.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5522
RGB	rgb(159, 85, 34)
HSL	hsl(24, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(24, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.5%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.21, 26.73, 41.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.21, 49.47, 57.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.9% 0.0723 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(52.9% 0.116 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8369, 13.9855, 3.2732)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5522 #226C9F

analogous

#9F222D #9F5522 #9F9322

triadic

#9F5522 #229F55 #55229F

tetradic

#9F5522 #2D9F22 #226C9F #93229F

square

#9F5522 #2D9F22 #226C9F #93229F

split-complementary

#9F5522 #229F93 #222D9F

monochromatic

#3A1F0C #6D3A17 #9F5522 #D1702D #DD925F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#9F5522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#9F5522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F5522

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F5522	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)

#6A5E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE454A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 85, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.116 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18661',
    500: '#9f5522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5522;
$custom-light: #c18661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.48,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.529,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5522

secondary

#5B98C1

accent

#A3E840

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFEA

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5522

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

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