#9E5A16#9E5A16

#9E5A16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.117 H 59.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9E5A16
RGBrgb(158, 90, 22)
HSLhsl(30, 76%, 35%)
HSVhsv(30, 86%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 43%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(45.14, 23.09, 47.51)
CIE-LCHlch(45.14, 52.82, 64.08°)
OKLaboklab(53.56% 0.0599 0.1008)
OKLCHoklch(53.56% 0.117 59.3)
XYZxyz(17.9032, 14.6413, 2.6421)
Luminance0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9E5A16 #165A9E
analogous
#9E1616 #9E5A16 #9E9E16
triadic
#9E5A16 #169E5A #5A169E
tetradic
#9E5A16 #169E16 #165A9E #9E169E
square
#9E5A16 #169E16 #165A9E #9E169E
split-complementary
#9E5A16 #169E9E #16169E
monochromatic
#331D07 #683B0F #9E5A16 #D4791D #E69749

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35
#9E5A16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93
#9E5A16 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5A16
5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9E5A16#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##9E5A161.005.353.935.35
#FFFFFF5.351.0021.001.00
#0000003.9321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.351.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6F6107
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F7116
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AD4B4D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9e5a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 90, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.117 59.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1895a',
    500: '#9e5a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9e5a16;
$custom-light: #c1895a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9e5a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53558,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 59.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9E5A16
secondary
#4988C7
accent
#94F236
background
#FCF8F5
surface
#F9F0E9
border
#D2CBC5
text
#140B04
muted
#827C79

Preview Lab

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#9E5A16 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva