#9F5B23#9F5B23

#9F5B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.112 H 56.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5B23
RGB	rgb(159, 91, 35)
HSL	hsl(27, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.60, 23.42, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.60, 48.56, 61.16°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% 0.0626 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.112 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3441, 14.9764, 3.5145)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5B23 #23679F

analogous

#9F2329 #9F5B23 #9F9923

triadic

#9F5B23 #239F5B #5B239F

tetradic

#9F5B23 #299F23 #23679F #99239F

square

#9F5B23 #299F23 #23679F #99239F

split-complementary

#9F5B23 #239F99 #23299F

monochromatic

#3B220D #6D3E18 #9F5B23 #D1782E #DC9860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#9F5B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#9F5B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F5B23

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F5B23	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F631C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE4C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 91, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.112 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18a62',
    500: '#9f5b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5b23;
$custom-light: #c18a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.097,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53972,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5B23

secondary

#5D94C1

accent

#9CE741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5B23

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

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