#9E5A17#9E5A17

#9E5A17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.117 H 59.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5A17
RGB	rgb(158, 90, 23)
HSL	hsl(30, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(30, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, 23.11, 47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 52.51, 63.88°)
OKLab	oklab(53.56% 0.0601 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(53.56% 0.117 59)
XYZ	xyz(17.9130, 14.6453, 2.6939)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5A17 #175B9E

analogous

#9E1717 #9E5A17 #9E9D17

triadic

#9E5A17 #179E5A #5A179E

tetradic

#9E5A17 #179E17 #175B9E #9D179E

square

#9E5A17 #179E17 #175B9E #9D179E

split-complementary

#9E5A17 #179E9D #17179E

monochromatic

#331D07 #693C0F #9E5A17 #D3781F #E5974B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#9E5A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#9E5A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5A17

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5A17	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7117

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 90, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.117 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1895b',
    500: '#9e5a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5a17;
$custom-light: #c1895b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.778,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53564,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.14643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5A17

secondary

#4A89C6

accent

#95F137

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0E9

border

#D2CBC5

text

#140B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5A17

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

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