#9E4A1B#9E4A1B

#9E4A1B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.126 H 46.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4A1B
RGB	rgb(158, 74, 27)
HSL	hsl(22, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(22, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.61, 32.01, 42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.61, 53.08, 52.91°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% 0.0872 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.126 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7489, 12.2479, 2.5188)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4A1B #1B6F9E

analogous

#9E1B2D #9E4A1B #9E8C1B

triadic

#9E4A1B #1B9E4A #4A1B9E

tetradic

#9E4A1B #2D9E1B #1B6F9E #8C1B9E

square

#9E4A1B #2D9E1B #1B6F9E #8C1B9E

split-complementary

#9E4A1B #1B9E8C #1B2D9E

monochromatic

#351909 #6A3212 #9E4A1B #D26224 #E18552

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#9E4A1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#9E4A1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4A1B

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4A1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4A1B	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4a1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 74, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.126 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27e5b',
    500: '#9e4a1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4a1b;
$custom-light: #c27e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4a1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.527,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50859,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4A1B

secondary

#519BC4

accent

#ADEE3A

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4A1B

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

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