#9E451A#9E451A

#9E451A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.130 H 43.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E451A
RGB	rgb(158, 69, 26)
HSL	hsl(20, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(20, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.58, 34.59, 41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.58, 54.29, 50.42°)
OKLab	oklab(50.07% 0.0949 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(50.07% 0.13 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4168, 11.6021, 2.3520)
Luminance	0.1160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E451A #1A739E

analogous

#9E1A31 #9E451A #9E871A

triadic

#9E451A #1A9E45 #451A9E

tetradic

#9E451A #319E1A #1A739E #871A9E

square

#9E451A #319E1A #1A739E #871A9E

split-complementary

#9E451A #1A9E87 #1A319E

monochromatic

#351709 #692E11 #9E451A #D35C23 #E28050

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#9E451A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#9E451A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E451A

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E451A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E451A	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)

#5E5313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE303C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e451a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 69, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.130 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27b5a',
    500: '#9e451a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e451a;
$custom-light: #c27b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e451a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.545,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50071,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E451A

secondary

#4F9EC5

accent

#B3EE39

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140904

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E451A

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

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