#9E4C23#9E4C23

#9E4C23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.122 H 44.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4C23
RGB	rgb(158, 76, 35)
HSL	hsl(20, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(20, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.09, 31.25, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.09, 49.95, 51.27°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.0862 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.122 44.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9900, 12.5614, 3.1197)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4C23 #23759E

analogous

#9E2337 #9E4C23 #9E8923

triadic

#9E4C23 #239E4C #4C239E

tetradic

#9E4C23 #379E23 #23759E #89239E

square

#9E4C23 #379E23 #23759E #89239E

split-complementary

#9E4C23 #239E89 #23379E

monochromatic

#3A1C0D #6C3418 #9E4C23 #D0642E #DC8960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#9E4C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#9E4C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4C23

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4C23	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)

#63581E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 76, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.122 44.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18060',
    500: '#9e4c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4c23;
$custom-light: #c18060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51251,
    "c": 0.12168,
    "h": 44.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4C23

secondary

#5C9FC1

accent

#B0E741

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEEA

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4C23

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

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