#9E4A28#9E4A28

#9E4A28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.122 H 41.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4A28
RGB	rgb(158, 74, 40)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 74.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 32.54, 35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 48.50, 47.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% 0.0911 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.122 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9340, 12.3220, 3.4937)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4A28 #287C9E

analogous

#9E2841 #9E4A28 #9E8528

triadic

#9E4A28 #289E4A #4A289E

tetradic

#9E4A28 #419E28 #287C9E #85289E

square

#9E4A28 #419E28 #287C9E #85289E

split-complementary

#9E4A28 #289E85 #28419E

monochromatic

#3C1C0F #6D331C #9E4A28 #CC6237 #D98868

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#9E4A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#9E4A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4A28

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4A28	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD3843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 74, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.122 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17e64',
    500: '#9e4a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4a28;
$custom-light: #c17e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.288,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50984,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4A28

secondary

#63A4BF

accent

#B5E345

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEB

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4A28

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

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