#9E4822#9E4822

#9E4822 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.125 H 42.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4822
RGB	rgb(158, 72, 34)
HSL	hsl(18, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(18, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 33.32, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 51.01, 49.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.61% 0.0924 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(50.61% 0.125 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7083, 12.0215, 2.9536)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4822 #22789E

analogous

#9E223A #9E4822 #9E8622

triadic

#9E4822 #229E48 #48229E

tetradic

#9E4822 #3A9E22 #22789E #86229E

square

#9E4822 #3A9E22 #22789E #86229E

split-complementary

#9E4822 #229E86 #223A9E

monochromatic

#391A0C #6C3117 #9E4822 #D05F2D #DC855E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#9E4822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#9E4822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4822

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4822	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60551D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 72, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.125 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17d5f',
    500: '#9e4822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4822;
$custom-light: #c17d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.387,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50605,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4822

secondary

#5BA2C1

accent

#B4E840

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4822

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

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