#9E461E#9E461E

#9E461E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.128 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E461E
RGB	rgb(158, 70, 30)
HSL	hsl(19, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(19, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 34.21, 40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 52.76, 49.58°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% 0.0944 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.128 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5268, 11.7453, 2.6248)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E461E #1E769E

analogous

#9E1E36 #9E461E #9E861E

triadic

#9E461E #1E9E46 #461E9E

tetradic

#9E461E #369E1E #1E769E #861E9E

square

#9E461E #369E1E #1E769E #861E9E

split-complementary

#9E461E #1E9E86 #1E369E

monochromatic

#37180A #6B2F14 #9E461E #D15D28 #DF8257

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#9E461E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#9E461E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E461E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E461E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E461E	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE323E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e461e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 70, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.128 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27c5d',
    500: '#9e461e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e461e;
$custom-light: #c27c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e461e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50257,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E461E

secondary

#55A0C3

accent

#B5EB3D

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140904

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E461E

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