#9F5D21#9F5D21

#9F5D21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.112 H 58.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5D21
RGB	rgb(159, 93, 33)
HSL	hsl(29, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(29, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 79.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 22.22, 43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 49.19, 63.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% 0.0587 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.112 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4885, 15.3114, 3.4203)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5D21 #21639F

analogous

#9F2124 #9F5D21 #9F9C21

triadic

#9F5D21 #219F5D #5D219F

tetradic

#9F5D21 #249F21 #21639F #9C219F

square

#9F5D21 #249F21 #21639F #9C219F

split-complementary

#9F5D21 #219F9C #21249F

monochromatic

#3A220C #6C3F16 #9F5D21 #D27B2C #DD9A5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#9F5D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#9F5D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F5D21

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F5D21	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE4E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 93, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.112 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18b61',
    500: '#9f5d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5d21;
$custom-light: #c18b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.571,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54319,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5D21

secondary

#5A90C2

accent

#98E93F

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5D21

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

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