#9E491B#9E491B

#9E491B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.127 H 45.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E491B
RGB	rgb(158, 73, 27)
HSL	hsl(21, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(21, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.40, 32.54, 42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.40, 53.24, 52.33°)
OKLab	oklab(50.7% 0.0889 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(50.7% 0.127 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6826, 12.1155, 2.4967)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E491B #1B709E

analogous

#9E1B2E #9E491B #9E8B1B

triadic

#9E491B #1B9E49 #491B9E

tetradic

#9E491B #2E9E1B #1B709E #8B1B9E

square

#9E491B #2E9E1B #1B709E #8B1B9E

split-complementary

#9E491B #1B9E8B #1B2E9E

monochromatic

#351909 #6A3112 #9E491B #D26124 #E18452

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#9E491B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#9E491B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E491B

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E491B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E491B	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)

#615614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e491b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 73, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.127 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27e5b',
    500: '#9e491b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e491b;
$custom-light: #c27e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e491b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.069,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.507,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E491B

secondary

#519CC4

accent

#AFEE3A

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E491B

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

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