#9E4520#9E4520

#9E4520 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.129 H 41.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4520
RGB	rgb(158, 69, 32)
HSL	hsl(18, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(18, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.62, 34.80, 39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.62, 52.27, 48.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.12% 0.0965 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(50.12% 0.129 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4911, 11.6318, 2.7430)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4520 #20799E

analogous

#9E203A #9E4520 #9E8420

triadic

#9E4520 #209E45 #45209E

tetradic

#9E4520 #3A9E20 #20799E #84209E

square

#9E4520 #3A9E20 #20799E #84209E

split-complementary

#9E4520 #209E84 #203A9E

monochromatic

#38190B #6B2F16 #9E4520 #D15B2A #DE815B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#9E4520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#9E4520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4520

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4520	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E531B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE313D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 69, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.129 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27b5e',
    500: '#9e4520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4520;
$custom-light: #c27b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.619,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50123,
    "c": 0.12868,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4520

secondary

#58A3C2

accent

#B7E93F

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140904

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4520

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

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