#9E4C22#9E4C22

#9E4C22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.122 H 45.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4C22
RGB	rgb(158, 76, 34)
HSL	hsl(20, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(20, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.09, 31.21, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.09, 50.31, 51.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% 0.086 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.122 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9754, 12.5556, 3.0426)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4C22 #22749E

analogous

#9E2236 #9E4C22 #9E8A22

triadic

#9E4C22 #229E4C #4C229E

tetradic

#9E4C22 #369E22 #22749E #8A229E

square

#9E4C22 #369E22 #22749E #8A229E

split-complementary

#9E4C22 #229E8A #22369E

monochromatic

#391C0C #6C3417 #9E4C22 #D0642D #DC895E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#9E4C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#9E4C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4C22

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4C22	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63581D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 76, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.122 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18060',
    500: '#9e4c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4c22;
$custom-light: #c18060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.323,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51242,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4C22

secondary

#5B9EC1

accent

#AFE840

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4C22

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

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