#9E5516#9E5516

#9E5516 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.120 H 55.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5516
RGB	rgb(158, 85, 22)
HSL	hsl(28, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(28, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, 25.88, 46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 53.24, 60.92°)
OKLab	oklab(52.67% 0.0682 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(52.67% 0.12 55.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4955, 13.8261, 2.5063)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5516 #165F9E

analogous

#9E161B #9E5516 #9E9916

triadic

#9E5516 #169E55 #55169E

tetradic

#9E5516 #1B9E16 #165F9E #99169E

square

#9E5516 #1B9E16 #165F9E #99169E

split-complementary

#9E5516 #169E99 #161B9E

monochromatic

#331B07 #68380F #9E5516 #D4721D #E69149

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#9E5516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#9E5516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5516

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5516	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)

#6B5E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE4549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 85, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.120 55.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1855a',
    500: '#9e5516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5516;
$custom-light: #c1855a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.794,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52667,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 55.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5516

secondary

#498DC7

accent

#9BF236

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5516

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

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