#9E4923#9E4923

#9E4923 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.124 H 42.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4923
RGB	rgb(158, 73, 35)
HSL	hsl(19, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(19, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.47, 32.84, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.47, 50.47, 49.40°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% 0.0911 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.124 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7881, 12.1577, 3.0524)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4923 #23789E

analogous

#9E233A #9E4923 #9E8723

triadic

#9E4923 #239E49 #49239E

tetradic

#9E4923 #3A9E23 #23789E #87239E

square

#9E4923 #3A9E23 #23789E #87239E

split-complementary

#9E4923 #239E87 #233A9E

monochromatic

#3A1B0D #6C3218 #9E4923 #D0602E #DC8660

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#9E4923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#9E4923 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4923

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4923	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61561E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 73, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.124 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17e60',
    500: '#9e4923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4923;
$custom-light: #c17e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.537,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50772,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4923

secondary

#5CA2C1

accent

#B4E741

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4923

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

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