#9E4A22#9E4A22

#9E4A22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.124 H 43.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4A22
RGB	rgb(158, 74, 34)
HSL	hsl(19, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(19, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, 32.27, 39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 50.65, 50.42°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.0892 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.124 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8397, 12.2843, 2.9974)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4A22 #22769E

analogous

#9E2238 #9E4A22 #9E8822

triadic

#9E4A22 #229E4A #4A229E

tetradic

#9E4A22 #389E22 #22769E #88229E

square

#9E4A22 #389E22 #22769E #88229E

split-complementary

#9E4A22 #229E88 #22389E

monochromatic

#391B0C #6C3217 #9E4A22 #D0622D #DC875E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#9E4A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#9E4A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4A22

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4A22	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62571D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 74, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.124 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17e60',
    500: '#9e4a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4a22;
$custom-light: #c17e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.355,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5092,
    "c": 0.12369,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4A22

secondary

#5BA0C1

accent

#B2E840

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4A22

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

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