#9E4B18#9E4B18

#9E4B18 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.126 H 47.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4B18
RGB	rgb(158, 75, 24)
HSL	hsl(23, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(23, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 84.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.80, 31.38, 43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.80, 53.91, 54.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.0849 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.126 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7832, 12.3693, 2.3677)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4B18 #186B9E

analogous

#9E1828 #9E4B18 #9E8E18

triadic

#9E4B18 #189E4B #4B189E

tetradic

#9E4B18 #289E18 #186B9E #8E189E

square

#9E4B18 #289E18 #186B9E #8E189E

split-complementary

#9E4B18 #189E8E #18289E

monochromatic

#341908 #693210 #9E4B18 #D36420 #E4864D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#9E4B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#9E4B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4B18

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4B18	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63570F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 75, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.126 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27f5a',
    500: '#9e4b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4b18;
$custom-light: #c27f5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.836,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50997,
    "c": 0.12606,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4B18

secondary

#4C97C6

accent

#AAF038

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4B18

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

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