#9E4A23#9E4A23

#9E4A23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.123 H 43.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4A23
RGB	rgb(158, 74, 35)
HSL	hsl(19, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(19, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.67, 32.31, 38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.67, 50.29, 50.02°)
OKLab	oklab(50.93% 0.0895 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(50.93% 0.123 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8544, 12.2901, 3.0745)
Luminance	0.1229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4A23 #23779E

analogous

#9E233A #9E4A23 #9E8723

triadic

#9E4A23 #239E4A #4A239E

tetradic

#9E4A23 #3A9E23 #23779E #87239E

square

#9E4A23 #3A9E23 #23779E #87239E

split-complementary

#9E4A23 #239E87 #233A9E

monochromatic

#3A1B0D #6C3318 #9E4A23 #D0612E #DC8760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#9E4A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#9E4A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4A23

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4A23	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61571E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 74, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.123 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17e60',
    500: '#9e4a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4a23;
$custom-light: #c17e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.024,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5093,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4A23

secondary

#5CA1C1

accent

#B2E741

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEEA

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4A23

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

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