#9E5615#9E5615

#9E5615 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.120 H 56.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5615
RGB	rgb(158, 86, 21)
HSL	hsl(28, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(28, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.6%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.21, 25.30, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.21, 53.45, 61.75°)
OKLab	oklab(52.84% 0.0663 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(52.84% 0.12 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5654, 13.9808, 2.4829)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5615 #155D9E

analogous

#9E1519 #9E5615 #9E9A15

triadic

#9E5615 #159E56 #56159E

tetradic

#9E5615 #199E15 #155D9E #9A159E

square

#9E5615 #199E15 #155D9E #9A159E

split-complementary

#9E5615 #159E9A #15199E

monochromatic

#321B07 #68390E #9E5615 #D4731C #E79347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#9E5615 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#9E5615 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5615

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5615	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5615	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE464A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5615;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 86, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.120 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1865a',
    500: '#9e5615',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5615;
$custom-light: #c1865a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5615",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.467,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52837,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5615

secondary

#478BC7

accent

#99F335

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5615

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

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