#9E4E28#9E4E28

#9E4E28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.118 H 44.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E28
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 40)
HSL	hsl(19, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(19, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 74.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 30.40, 36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 47.80, 50.50°)
OKLab	oklab(51.63% 0.0846 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(51.63% 0.118 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2096, 12.8732, 3.5856)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E28 #28789E

analogous

#9E283D #9E4E28 #9E8928

triadic

#9E4E28 #289E4E #4E289E

tetradic

#9E4E28 #3D9E28 #28789E #89289E

square

#9E4E28 #3D9E28 #28789E #89289E

split-complementary

#9E4E28 #289E89 #283D9E

monochromatic

#3C1E0F #6D361C #9E4E28 #CC6737 #D98C68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#9E4E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#9E4E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E28

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E28	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)

#645A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD3D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.118 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18164',
    500: '#9e4e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e28;
$custom-light: #c18164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.322,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51631,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E28

secondary

#63A1BF

accent

#B0E345

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F8EEEB

border

#D1C9C6

text

#130A05

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E28

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

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