#9E4E2E#9E4E2E

#9E4E2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.116 H 41.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E2E
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 46)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, 30.72, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 45.61, 47.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.0866 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.116 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3197, 12.9172, 4.1654)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E2E #2E7E9E

analogous

#9E2E46 #9E4E2E #9E862E

triadic

#9E4E2E #2E9E4E #4E2E9E

tetradic

#9E4E2E #469E2E #2E7E9E #862E9E

square

#9E4E2E #469E2E #2E7E9E #862E9E

split-complementary

#9E4E2E #2E9E86 #2E469E

monochromatic

#3F1F12 #6F3720 #9E4E2E #C86841 #D68E71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#9E4E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#9E4E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E2E

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E2E	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD3E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.116 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08168',
    500: '#9e4e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e2e;
$custom-light: #c08168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51703,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E2E

secondary

#6BA6BD

accent

#B4DE4A

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8EFEB

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130A06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E2E

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

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