#9E5437#9E5437

#9E5437 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.107 H 41.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5437
RGB	rgb(158, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 65.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 28.00, 30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 41.28, 47.28°)
OKLab	oklab(52.84% 0.0799 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(52.84% 0.107 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9619, 13.8876, 5.3483)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5437 #37819E

analogous

#9E374E #9E5437 #9E8837

triadic

#9E5437 #379E54 #54379E

tetradic

#9E5437 #4E9E37 #37819E #88379E

square

#9E5437 #4E9E37 #37819E #88379E

split-complementary

#9E5437 #379E88 #374E9E

monochromatic

#432417 #713C27 #9E5437 #C27050 #D2957D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#9E5437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#9E5437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5437

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5437	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD464D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.107 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf856e',
    500: '#9e5437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5437;
$custom-light: #bf856e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.893,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52836,
    "c": 0.10689,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5437

secondary

#76A8BB

accent

#B2D850

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8EFEC

border

#D1CAC7

text

#130B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5437

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

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