#9E4517#9E4517

#9E4517 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.131 H 44.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4517
RGB	rgb(158, 69, 23)
HSL	hsl(20, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(20, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.56, 34.50, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.56, 55.26, 51.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.05% 0.0942 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(50.05% 0.131 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3851, 11.5894, 2.1846)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4517 #17709E

analogous

#9E172D #9E4517 #9E8817

triadic

#9E4517 #179E45 #45179E

tetradic

#9E4517 #2D9E17 #17709E #88179E

square

#9E4517 #2D9E17 #17709E #88179E

split-complementary

#9E4517 #179E88 #172D9E

monochromatic

#331607 #692E0F #9E4517 #D35C1F #E57F4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#9E4517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#9E4517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4517

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4517	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E530F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746714

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE303C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 69, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.131 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27b59',
    500: '#9e4517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4517;
$custom-light: #c27b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50049,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4517

secondary

#4A9CC6

accent

#B2F137

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140904

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4517

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

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