#9E4420#9E4420

#9E4420 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.130 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4420
RGB	rgb(158, 68, 32)
HSL	hsl(17, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(17, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.43, 35.31, 38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.43, 52.47, 47.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.97% 0.0981 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(49.97% 0.13 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4301, 11.5098, 2.7227)
Luminance	0.1151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4420 #207A9E

analogous

#9E203B #9E4420 #9E8320

triadic

#9E4420 #209E44 #44209E

tetradic

#9E4420 #3B9E20 #207A9E #83209E

square

#9E4420 #3B9E20 #207A9E #83209E

split-complementary

#9E4420 #209E83 #203B9E

monochromatic

#38180B #6B2E16 #9E4420 #D15A2A #DE805B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#9E4420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#9E4420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4420

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4420	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D531B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE303D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 68, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.130 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27a5e',
    500: '#9e4420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4420;
$custom-light: #c27a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49972,
    "c": 0.12958,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4420

secondary

#58A4C2

accent

#B8E93F

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140904

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4420

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

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