#9E431B#9E431B

#9E431B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.132 H 41.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E431B
RGB	rgb(158, 67, 27)
HSL	hsl(18, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(18, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, 35.64, 41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 54.34, 49.01°)
OKLab	oklab(49.78% 0.0983 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(49.78% 0.132 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3073, 11.3647, 2.3716)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E431B #1B769E

analogous

#9E1B34 #9E431B #9E851B

triadic

#9E431B #1B9E43 #431B9E

tetradic

#9E431B #349E1B #1B769E #851B9E

square

#9E431B #349E1B #1B769E #851B9E

split-complementary

#9E431B #1B9E85 #1B349E

monochromatic

#351709 #6A2D12 #9E431B #D25924 #E17E52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#9E431B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#9E431B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E431B

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E431B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E431B	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE2E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e431b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 67, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.132 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27a5b',
    500: '#9e431b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e431b;
$custom-light: #c27a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e431b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.321,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49778,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E431B

secondary

#51A1C4

accent

#B7EE3A

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140904

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E431B

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