#9E4722#9E4722

#9E4722 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.126 H 41.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4722
RGB	rgb(158, 71, 34)
HSL	hsl(18, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(18, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, 33.85, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 51.19, 48.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% 0.094 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.126 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6442, 11.8932, 2.9322)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4722 #22799E

analogous

#9E223B #9E4722 #9E8522

triadic

#9E4722 #229E47 #47229E

tetradic

#9E4722 #3B9E22 #22799E #85229E

square

#9E4722 #3B9E22 #22799E #85229E

split-complementary

#9E4722 #229E85 #223B9E

monochromatic

#391A0C #6C3017 #9E4722 #D05E2D #DC845E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#9E4722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#9E4722 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4722

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4722	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F551D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE343F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 71, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.126 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17c5f',
    500: '#9e4722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4722;
$custom-light: #c17c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.903,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50449,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4722

secondary

#5BA3C1

accent

#B6E840

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4722

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

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