#9E501D#9E501D

#9E501D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.121 H 49.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E501D
RGB	rgb(158, 80, 29)
HSL	hsl(24, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(24, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 81.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, 28.85, 42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 51.49, 55.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.078 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.121 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1926, 13.0972, 2.7848)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E501D #1D6B9E

analogous

#9E1D2B #9E501D #9E911D

triadic

#9E501D #1D9E50 #501D9E

tetradic

#9E501D #2B9E1D #1D6B9E #911D9E

square

#9E501D #2B9E1D #1D6B9E #911D9E

split-complementary

#9E501D #1D9E91 #1D2B9E

monochromatic

#371C0A #6A3614 #9E501D #D26A26 #E08C56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#9E501D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#9E501D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E501D

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E501D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E501D	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e501d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 80, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.121 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1825d',
    500: '#9e501d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e501d;
$custom-light: #c1825d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e501d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.721,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51858,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E501D

secondary

#5497C3

accent

#A6EC3C

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140A04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E501D

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

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