#9E4E22#9E4E22

#9E4E22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.120 H 46.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E22
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 34)
HSL	hsl(21, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(21, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.51, 30.13, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.51, 49.99, 52.93°)
OKLab	oklab(51.57% 0.0827 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(51.57% 0.12 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1153, 12.8355, 3.0893)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E22 #22729E

analogous

#9E2234 #9E4E22 #9E8C22

triadic

#9E4E22 #229E4E #4E229E

tetradic

#9E4E22 #349E22 #22729E #8C229E

square

#9E4E22 #349E22 #22729E #8C229E

split-complementary

#9E4E22 #229E8C #22349E

monochromatic

#391C0C #6C3517 #9E4E22 #D0672D #DC8B5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#9E4E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#9E4E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E22

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E22	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)

#65591C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.120 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18160',
    500: '#9e4e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e22;
$custom-light: #c18160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.29,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51569,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E22

secondary

#5B9DC1

accent

#ACE840

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E22

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

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