#9E4020#9E4020

#9E4020 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.133 H 38.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4020
RGB	rgb(158, 64, 32)
HSL	hsl(15, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(15, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.65, 37.32, 38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.65, 53.29, 45.54°)
OKLab	oklab(49.39% 0.1043 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(49.39% 0.133 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1964, 11.0424, 2.6447)
Luminance	0.1104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4020 #207E9E

analogous

#9E203F #9E4020 #9E7F20

triadic

#9E4020 #209E40 #40209E

tetradic

#9E4020 #3F9E20 #207E9E #7F209E

square

#9E4020 #3F9E20 #207E9E #7F209E

split-complementary

#9E4020 #209E7F #203F9E

monochromatic

#38170B #6B2B16 #9E4020 #D1552A #DE7C5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#9E4020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#9E4020 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4020

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4020	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A501C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE2A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 64, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.133 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2785e',
    500: '#9e4020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4020;
$custom-light: #c2785e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.238,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49385,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4020

secondary

#58A7C2

accent

#BEE93F

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EDE9

border

#D2C8C5

text

#140904

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4020

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

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