#9E4D23#9E4D23

#9E4D23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.121 H 45.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4D23
RGB	rgb(158, 77, 35)
HSL	hsl(20, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(20, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, 30.71, 39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 49.78, 51.91°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% 0.0846 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.121 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0594, 12.7003, 3.1428)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4D23 #23749E

analogous

#9E2336 #9E4D23 #9E8B23

triadic

#9E4D23 #239E4D #4D239E

tetradic

#9E4D23 #369E23 #23749E #8B239E

square

#9E4D23 #369E23 #23749E #8B239E

split-complementary

#9E4D23 #239E8B #23369E

monochromatic

#3A1C0D #6C3518 #9E4D23 #D0652E #DC8A60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#9E4D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#9E4D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4D23

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4D23	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)

#64591E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 77, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.121 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18060',
    500: '#9e4d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4d23;
$custom-light: #c18060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.488,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51414,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4D23

secondary

#5C9EC1

accent

#AEE741

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEEA

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4D23

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

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