#9E451B#9E451B

#9E451B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.130 H 43.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E451B
RGB	rgb(158, 69, 27)
HSL	hsl(19, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(19, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.58, 34.62, 41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.58, 53.96, 50.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.0952 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.13 43)
XYZ	xyz(16.4282, 11.6067, 2.4119)
Luminance	0.1160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E451B #1B749E

analogous

#9E1B32 #9E451B #9E871B

triadic

#9E451B #1B9E45 #451B9E

tetradic

#9E451B #329E1B #1B749E #871B9E

square

#9E451B #329E1B #1B749E #871B9E

split-complementary

#9E451B #1B9E87 #1B329E

monochromatic

#351709 #6A2E12 #9E451B #D25C24 #E18052

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#9E451B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#9E451B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E451B

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E451B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E451B	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746718

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE313D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e451b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 69, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.130 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27b5b',
    500: '#9e451b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e451b;
$custom-light: #c27b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e451b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.237,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50079,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.11604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E451B

secondary

#519FC4

accent

#B4EE3A

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140904

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E451B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →