#9E4D22#9E4D22

#9E4D22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.121 H 45.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4D22
RGB	rgb(158, 77, 34)
HSL	hsl(21, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(21, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.30, 30.67, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.30, 50.14, 52.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% 0.0843 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.121 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0448, 12.6944, 3.0658)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4D22 #22739E

analogous

#9E2235 #9E4D22 #9E8B22

triadic

#9E4D22 #229E4D #4D229E

tetradic

#9E4D22 #359E22 #22739E #8B229E

square

#9E4D22 #359E22 #22739E #8B229E

split-complementary

#9E4D22 #229E8B #22359E

monochromatic

#391C0C #6C3417 #9E4D22 #D0662D #DC8A5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#9E4D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#9E4D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4D22

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4D22	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 77, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.121 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18060',
    500: '#9e4d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4d22;
$custom-light: #c18060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.806,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51405,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4D22

secondary

#5B9EC1

accent

#AEE840

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4D22

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

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