#9E4E2C#9E4E2C

#9E4E2C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.117 H 42.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E2C
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 44)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 72.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 30.61, 34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 46.33, 48.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% 0.0859 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.117 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2812, 12.9018, 3.9626)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E2C #2C7C9E

analogous

#9E2C43 #9E4E2C #9E872C

triadic

#9E4E2C #2C9E4E #4E2C9E

tetradic

#9E4E2C #439E2C #2C7C9E #872C9E

square

#9E4E2C #439E2C #2C7C9E #872C9E

split-complementary

#9E4E2C #2C9E87 #2C439E

monochromatic

#3E1F11 #6E361F #9E4E2C #C9673E #D78D6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#9E4E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#9E4E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E2C

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E2C	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)

#645A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD3E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.117 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08166',
    500: '#9e4e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e2c;
$custom-light: #c08166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.895,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51678,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E2C

secondary

#68A4BE

accent

#B2E048

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F8EEEB

border

#D1C9C6

text

#130A06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E2C

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

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