#9E5231#9E5231

#9E5231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.111 H 43.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5231
RGB	rgb(158, 82, 49)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(18, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 69%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, 28.72, 33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 43.81, 49.04°)
OKLab	oklab(52.41% 0.081 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(52.41% 0.111 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6738, 13.5275, 4.5855)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5231 #317D9E

analogous

#9E3146 #9E5231 #9E8831

triadic

#9E5231 #319E52 #52319E

tetradic

#9E5231 #469E31 #317D9E #88319E

square

#9E5231 #469E31 #317D9E #88319E

split-complementary

#9E5231 #319E88 #31469E

monochromatic

#412214 #6F3A23 #9E5231 #C66D46 #D49275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#9E5231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#9E5231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5231

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5231	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD434A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 82, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.111 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0846a',
    500: '#9e5231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5231;
$custom-light: #c0846a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.165,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5241,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5231

secondary

#6EA5BC

accent

#B0DC4C

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8EFEB

border

#D1CAC6

text

#130B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5231

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

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