#9E5C16#9E5C16

#9E5C16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.116 H 60.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5C16
RGB	rgb(158, 92, 22)
HSL	hsl(31, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(31, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.61, 21.96, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.61, 52.70, 65.38°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.0566 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.116 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0741, 14.9833, 2.6991)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5C16 #16589E

analogous

#9E1816 #9E5C16 #9C9E16

triadic

#9E5C16 #169E5C #5C169E

tetradic

#9E5C16 #169E18 #16589E #9E169C

square

#9E5C16 #169E18 #16589E #9E169C

split-complementary

#9E5C16 #169C9E #18169E

monochromatic

#331D07 #683D0F #9E5C16 #D47B1D #E69A49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#9E5C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#9E5C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5C16

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5C16	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 92, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.116 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18a5b',
    500: '#9e5c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5c16;
$custom-light: #c18a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.882,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53923,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5C16

secondary

#4986C7

accent

#91F236

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0E9

border

#D2CBC5

text

#140C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5C16

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

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