#9E4E23#9E4E23

#9E4E23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.120 H 46.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E23
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 35)
HSL	hsl(21, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(21, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, 30.17, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 49.63, 52.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% 0.083 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.12 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1300, 12.8413, 3.1663)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E23 #23739E

analogous

#9E2335 #9E4E23 #9E8C23

triadic

#9E4E23 #239E4E #4E239E

tetradic

#9E4E23 #359E23 #23739E #8C239E

square

#9E4E23 #359E23 #23739E #8C239E

split-complementary

#9E4E23 #239E8C #23359E

monochromatic

#3A1D0D #6C3518 #9E4E23 #D0672E #DC8B60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#9E4E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#9E4E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E23

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E23	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)

#65591E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD3D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.120 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18161',
    500: '#9e4e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e23;
$custom-light: #c18161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.976,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51579,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E23

secondary

#5C9EC1

accent

#ADE741

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEEA

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E23

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

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