#9E471B#9E471B

#9E471B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.128 H 44.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E471B
RGB	rgb(158, 71, 27)
HSL	hsl(20, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(20, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.99, 33.59, 41.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.99, 53.59, 51.19°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% 0.092 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.128 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5533, 11.8569, 2.4536)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E471B #1B729E

analogous

#9E1B30 #9E471B #9E891B

triadic

#9E471B #1B9E47 #471B9E

tetradic

#9E471B #309E1B #1B729E #891B9E

square

#9E471B #309E1B #1B729E #891B9E

split-complementary

#9E471B #1B9E89 #1B309E

monochromatic

#351809 #6A3012 #9E471B #D25E24 #E18252

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#9E471B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#9E471B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E471B

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E471B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E471B	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE333E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e471b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 71, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.128 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27c5b',
    500: '#9e471b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e471b;
$custom-light: #c27c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e471b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.153,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50386,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E471B

secondary

#519DC4

accent

#B1EE3A

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E471B

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

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