#9E5519#9E5519

#9E5519 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.119 H 54.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5519
RGB	rgb(158, 85, 25)
HSL	hsl(27, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(27, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, 25.97, 45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 52.27, 60.21°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% 0.0688 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.119 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5262, 13.8383, 2.6676)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5519 #19629E

analogous

#9E191F #9E5519 #9E9719

triadic

#9E5519 #199E55 #55199E

tetradic

#9E5519 #1F9E19 #19629E #97199E

square

#9E5519 #1F9E19 #19629E #97199E

split-complementary

#9E5519 #199E97 #191F9E

monochromatic

#341C08 #693911 #9E5519 #D37121 #E3914E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#9E5519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#9E5519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5519

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5519	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE4549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 85, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.119 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1855b',
    500: '#9e5519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5519;
$custom-light: #c1855b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.068,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52687,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5519

secondary

#4E8FC5

accent

#9DEF38

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5519

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

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