#9E4525#9E4525

#9E4525 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.127 H 39.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4525
RGB	rgb(158, 69, 37)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 76.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.67, 35.01, 36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.67, 50.54, 46.16°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% 0.0981 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.127 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5643, 11.6611, 3.1285)
Luminance	0.1166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4525 #257E9E

analogous

#9E2541 #9E4525 #9E8125

triadic

#9E4525 #259E45 #45259E

tetradic

#9E4525 #419E25 #257E9E #81259E

square

#9E4525 #419E25 #257E9E #81259E

split-complementary

#9E4525 #259E81 #25419E

monochromatic

#3B1A0E #6C2F19 #9E4525 #CF5B31 #DA8363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#9E4525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#9E4525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4525

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4525	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE323E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 69, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.127 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17b61',
    500: '#9e4525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4525;
$custom-light: #c17b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.868,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50174,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4525

secondary

#5FA6C0

accent

#BAE543

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEEA

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140905

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4525

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

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