#9E4E24#9E4E24

#9E4E24 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.120 H 45.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E24
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 36)
HSL	hsl(21, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(21, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.53, 30.22, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.53, 49.26, 52.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.59% 0.0833 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(51.59% 0.12 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1450, 12.8473, 3.2456)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E24 #24749E

analogous

#9E2437 #9E4E24 #9E8B24

triadic

#9E4E24 #249E4E #4E249E

tetradic

#9E4E24 #379E24 #24749E #8B249E

square

#9E4E24 #379E24 #24749E #8B249E

split-complementary

#9E4E24 #249E8B #24379E

monochromatic

#3A1D0D #6C3519 #9E4E24 #D0672F #DB8B61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#9E4E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#9E4E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E24

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E24	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD3D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.120 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18161',
    500: '#9e4e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e24;
$custom-light: #c18161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.656,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51588,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E24

secondary

#5E9EC0

accent

#ADE642

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEEA

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E24

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

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