#9E4B23#9E4B23

#9E4B23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.122 H 44.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4B23
RGB	rgb(158, 75, 35)
HSL	hsl(20, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(20, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.88, 31.78, 38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.88, 50.12, 50.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% 0.0879 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.123 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9217, 12.4247, 3.0969)
Luminance	0.1242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4B23 #23769E

analogous

#9E2338 #9E4B23 #9E8823

triadic

#9E4B23 #239E4B #4B239E

tetradic

#9E4B23 #389E23 #23769E #88239E

square

#9E4B23 #389E23 #23769E #88239E

split-complementary

#9E4B23 #239E88 #23389E

monochromatic

#3A1B0D #6C3318 #9E4B23 #D0632E #DC8860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#9E4B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#9E4B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4B23

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4B23	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62571E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 75, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.122 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17f60',
    500: '#9e4b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4b23;
$custom-light: #c17f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.512,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5109,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4B23

secondary

#5CA0C1

accent

#B1E741

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEEA

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4B23

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

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