#9E4E21#9E4E21

#9E4E21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.121 H 47.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E21
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 33)
HSL	hsl(22, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(22, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 79.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.51, 30.09, 40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.51, 50.35, 53.30°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% 0.0824 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.121 47)
XYZ	xyz(17.1011, 12.8298, 3.0144)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E21 #21719E

analogous

#9E2133 #9E4E21 #9E8D21

triadic

#9E4E21 #219E4E #4E219E

tetradic

#9E4E21 #339E21 #21719E #8D219E

square

#9E4E21 #339E21 #21719E #8D219E

split-complementary

#9E4E21 #219E8D #21339E

monochromatic

#391C0C #6B3516 #9E4E21 #D1672C #DD8B5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#9E4E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#9E4E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E21

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E21	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65591B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.121 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1815f',
    500: '#9e4e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e21;
$custom-light: #c1815f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.6,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5156,
    "c": 0.12079,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.12828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E21

secondary

#599CC1

accent

#ACE83F

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E21

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

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