#9E491A#9E491A

#9E491A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.127 H 45.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E491A
RGB	rgb(158, 73, 26)
HSL	hsl(21, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(21, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.39, 32.51, 42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.39, 53.58, 52.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% 0.0886 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.127 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6713, 12.1109, 2.4368)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E491A #1A6F9E

analogous

#9E1A2D #9E491A #9E8B1A

triadic

#9E491A #1A9E49 #491A9E

tetradic

#9E491A #2D9E1A #1A6F9E #8B1A9E

square

#9E491A #2D9E1A #1A6F9E #8B1A9E

split-complementary

#9E491A #1A9E8B #1A2D9E

monochromatic

#351809 #693111 #9E491A #D36123 #E28450

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#9E491A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#9E491A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E491A

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E491A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E491A	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615613

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766917

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e491a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 73, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.127 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27e5b',
    500: '#9e491a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e491a;
$custom-light: #c27e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e491a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.364,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50692,
    "c": 0.12706,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E491A

secondary

#4F9BC5

accent

#AEEE39

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E491A

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

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