#9E4E25#9E4E25

#9E4E25 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.119 H 45.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E25
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 37)
HSL	hsl(20, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(20, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 76.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, 30.26, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 48.90, 51.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.6% 0.0836 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(51.6% 0.119 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1605, 12.8535, 3.3272)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E25 #25759E

analogous

#9E2538 #9E4E25 #9E8A25

triadic

#9E4E25 #259E4E #4E259E

tetradic

#9E4E25 #389E25 #25759E #8A259E

square

#9E4E25 #389E25 #25759E #8A259E

split-complementary

#9E4E25 #259E8A #25389E

monochromatic

#3B1D0E #6C3619 #9E4E25 #CF6731 #DA8B63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#9E4E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#9E4E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E25

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E25	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)

#645920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD3D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.119 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18162',
    500: '#9e4e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e25;
$custom-light: #c18162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.331,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51599,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E25

secondary

#5F9FC0

accent

#AEE543

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEEA

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E25

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

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