#9E4E27#9E4E27

#9E4E27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.119 H 44.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E27
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 39)
HSL	hsl(20, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(20, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 75.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, 30.35, 37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 48.16, 50.93°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% 0.0842 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.119 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1928, 12.8664, 3.4972)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E27 #27779E

analogous

#9E273B #9E4E27 #9E8927

triadic

#9E4E27 #279E4E #4E279E

tetradic

#9E4E27 #3B9E27 #27779E #89279E

square

#9E4E27 #3B9E27 #27779E #89279E

split-complementary

#9E4E27 #279E89 #273B9E

monochromatic

#3C1E0F #6D361B #9E4E27 #CD6735 #D98C66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#9E4E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#9E4E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E27

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E27	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)

#645A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD3D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.119 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18163',
    500: '#9e4e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e27;
$custom-light: #c18163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.664,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5162,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E27

secondary

#62A1BF

accent

#AFE444

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEB

border

#D2C9C6

text

#130A05

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E27

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

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