#9E4522#9E4522

#9E4522 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.128 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4522
RGB	rgb(158, 69, 34)
HSL	hsl(17, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(17, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.64, 34.88, 38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.64, 51.58, 47.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.14% 0.0971 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(50.14% 0.128 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5191, 11.6430, 2.8905)
Luminance	0.1164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4522 #227B9E

analogous

#9E223D #9E4522 #9E8322

triadic

#9E4522 #229E45 #45229E

tetradic

#9E4522 #3D9E22 #227B9E #83229E

square

#9E4522 #3D9E22 #227B9E #83229E

split-complementary

#9E4522 #229E83 #223D9E

monochromatic

#39190C #6C2F17 #9E4522 #D05B2D #DC825E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#9E4522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#9E4522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4522

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4522	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)

#5E531E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE313E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 69, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.128 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27b5f',
    500: '#9e4522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4522;
$custom-light: #c27b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.935,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50143,
    "c": 0.12808,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4522

secondary

#5BA4C1

accent

#B8E840

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140905

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4522

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

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