#9E4E29#9E4E29

#9E4E29 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.118 H 43.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E29
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 41)
HSL	hsl(19, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(19, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 74.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.58, 30.45, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.58, 47.43, 50.05°)
OKLab	oklab(51.64% 0.0849 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(51.64% 0.118 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2268, 12.8800, 3.6763)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E29 #29799E

analogous

#9E293F #9E4E29 #9E8929

triadic

#9E4E29 #299E4E #4E299E

tetradic

#9E4E29 #3F9E29 #29799E #89299E

square

#9E4E29 #3F9E29 #29799E #89299E

split-complementary

#9E4E29 #299E89 #293F9E

monochromatic

#3D1E10 #6D361C #9E4E29 #CC6739 #D88C69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#9E4E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#9E4E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E29

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E29	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD3D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.118 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18164',
    500: '#9e4e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e29;
$custom-light: #c18164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.974,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51642,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E29

secondary

#64A2BF

accent

#B1E246

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F8EEEB

border

#D1C9C6

text

#130A05

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E29

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

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