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Stalwart Spessartine

#93370e
Notes

Stalwart Spessartine (#93370E) is a deep orange with a jewel character. It carries the deep, saturated richness of a gemstone. Authoritative and slightly formal, it works well for type and heavy UI elements. Its HSL profile (18°, 83%, 32%) places it in the highly saturated band at a dark lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary cyan. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#93370e
RGB
rgb(147, 55, 14)
HSL
hsl(18, 83%, 32%)
HWB
hwb(18 5% 42%)
OKLCH
oklch(46.2% 0.134 40.7)
HSV
hsv(18, 90%, 58%)
LAB
lab(35.92% 36.93 42.26)
LCH
lch(35.92% 56.13 48.85)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 63%, 90%, 42%)

Etymology

Stalwart
adjective

Old English stǣl-wyrðe, stable-and-worthy. As a color modifier, stalwart implies a saturated-and-loyal-and-firm quality where the hue carries the dependable-and-trustworthy visual presence of a Knight-Templar guard. Sits at the bold-and-firm end of the grid, parallel to steadfast and firm in usage.

Spessartine
noun

A manganese-aluminum garnet — orange to red-orange in color, mined principally in Namibia, Mozambique, and California. Spessartine takes its name from the Spessart region of Germany. The color refers to a faceted Namibian spessartine: a saturated, slightly red orange with the gem's signature internal life. Brighter than hessonite.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#93370e
Original
#524705
Protanopia
#685c08
Deuteranopia
#a21e30
Tritanopia
#484848
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon White
7.52:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon Black
2.79:1

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