#9E501F#9E501F

#9E501F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.120 H 49.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E501F
RGB	rgb(158, 80, 31)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(23, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 80.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, 28.93, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 50.78, 55.27°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.0786 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.12 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2182, 13.1074, 2.9193)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E501F #1F6D9E

analogous

#9E1F2D #9E501F #9E901F

triadic

#9E501F #1F9E50 #501F9E

tetradic

#9E501F #2D9E1F #1F6D9E #901F9E

square

#9E501F #2D9E1F #1F6D9E #901F9E

split-complementary

#9E501F #1F9E90 #1F2D9E

monochromatic

#381C0B #6B3615 #9E501F #D16A29 #DE8C59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#9E501F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#9E501F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E501F

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E501F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E501F	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)

#665B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e501f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 80, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.120 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1825e',
    500: '#9e501f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e501f;
$custom-light: #c1825e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e501f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.15,
    "s": 67.196,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51875,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E501F

secondary

#5699C2

accent

#A8EA3E

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140A04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E501F

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

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