#9E4E15#9E4E15

#9E4E15 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.125 H 50.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E15
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 21)
HSL	hsl(25, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(25, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.42, 29.69, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.42, 54.40, 56.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% 0.0794 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.125 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9620, 12.7741, 2.2818)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E15 #15659E

analogous

#9E1520 #9E4E15 #9E9315

triadic

#9E4E15 #159E4E #4E159E

tetradic

#9E4E15 #209E15 #15659E #93159E

square

#9E4E15 #209E15 #15659E #93159E

split-complementary

#9E4E15 #159E93 #15209E

monochromatic

#321907 #68330E #9E4E15 #D4691C #E78947

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#9E4E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#9E4E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E15

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E15	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65590A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.125 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28159',
    500: '#9e4e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e15;
$custom-light: #c28159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.964,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51468,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E15

secondary

#4792C7

accent

#A4F335

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E15

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

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