#9E4620#9E4620

#9E4620 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.128 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4620
RGB	rgb(158, 70, 32)
HSL	hsl(18, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(18, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.83, 34.28, 39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.83, 52.08, 48.83°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% 0.095 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.128 42)
XYZ	xyz(16.5531, 11.7559, 2.7637)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4620 #20789E

analogous

#9E2039 #9E4620 #9E8520

triadic

#9E4620 #209E46 #46209E

tetradic

#9E4620 #399E20 #20789E #85209E

square

#9E4620 #399E20 #20789E #85209E

split-complementary

#9E4620 #209E85 #20399E

monochromatic

#38190B #6B2F16 #9E4620 #D15D2A #DE825B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#9E4620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#9E4620 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4620

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4620	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)

#5F541B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE323E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 70, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.128 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27c5e',
    500: '#9e4620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4620;
$custom-light: #c27c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.095,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50276,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.11754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4620

secondary

#58A2C2

accent

#B6E93F

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140904

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4620

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

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