#9E5515#9E5515

#9E5515 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.120 H 55.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5515
RGB	rgb(158, 85, 21)
HSL	hsl(28, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(28, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, 25.85, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 53.55, 61.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% 0.068 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.12 55.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4861, 13.8223, 2.4565)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5515 #155E9E

analogous

#9E151A #9E5515 #9E9915

triadic

#9E5515 #159E55 #55159E

tetradic

#9E5515 #1A9E15 #155E9E #99159E

square

#9E5515 #1A9E15 #155E9E #99159E

split-complementary

#9E5515 #159E99 #151A9E

monochromatic

#321B07 #68380E #9E5515 #D4721C #E79147

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#9E5515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#9E5515 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5515

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5515	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE4549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 85, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.120 55.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18559',
    500: '#9e5515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5515;
$custom-light: #c18559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.029,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52662,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 55.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5515

secondary

#478CC7

accent

#9AF335

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5515

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

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