#9F5A23#9F5A23

#9F5A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.113 H 55.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5A23
RGB	rgb(159, 90, 35)
HSL	hsl(27, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.4%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.37, 23.99, 42.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.37, 48.63, 60.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.0643 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.113 55.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2592, 14.8066, 3.4862)
Luminance	0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5A23 #23689F

analogous

#9F232A #9F5A23 #9F9823

triadic

#9F5A23 #239F5A #5A239F

tetradic

#9F5A23 #2A9F23 #23689F #98239F

square

#9F5A23 #2A9F23 #23689F #98239F

split-complementary

#9F5A23 #239F98 #232A9F

monochromatic

#3B210D #6D3E18 #9F5A23 #D1762E #DC9760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#9F5A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#9F5A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F5A23

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F5A23	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E621C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE4B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 90, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.113 55.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18962',
    500: '#9f5a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5a23;
$custom-light: #c18962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.613,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53792,
    "c": 0.113,
    "h": 55.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5A23

secondary

#5D95C1

accent

#9DE741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5A23

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

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