#9F5523#9F5523

#9F5523 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.116 H 51.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5523
RGB	rgb(159, 85, 35)
HSL	hsl(24, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(24, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.5%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 26.77, 41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 49.10, 56.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.91% 0.0726 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(52.91% 0.116 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8516, 13.9913, 3.3503)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5523 #236D9F

analogous

#9F232F #9F5523 #9F9323

triadic

#9F5523 #239F55 #55239F

tetradic

#9F5523 #2F9F23 #236D9F #93239F

square

#9F5523 #2F9F23 #236D9F #93239F

split-complementary

#9F5523 #239F93 #232F9F

monochromatic

#3B1F0D #6D3A18 #9F5523 #D1702E #DC9260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#9F5523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#9F5523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F5523

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F5523	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)

#6A5E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE454B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 85, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.116 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18661',
    500: '#9f5523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5523;
$custom-light: #c18661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.194,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52909,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5523

secondary

#5D99C1

accent

#A4E741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFEA

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5523

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

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