#9E5D17#9E5D17

#9E5D17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.116 H 61.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5D17
RGB	rgb(158, 93, 23)
HSL	hsl(31, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(31, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, 21.42, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 52.34, 65.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.0551 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.116 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1712, 15.1616, 2.7800)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5D17 #17589E

analogous

#9E1917 #9E5D17 #9B9E17

triadic

#9E5D17 #179E5D #5D179E

tetradic

#9E5D17 #179E19 #17589E #9E179B

square

#9E5D17 #179E19 #17589E #9E179B

split-complementary

#9E5D17 #179B9E #19179E

monochromatic

#331E07 #693E0F #9E5D17 #D37C1F #E59B4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#9E5D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#9E5D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5D17

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5D17	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 93, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.116 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18b5b',
    500: '#9e5d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5d17;
$custom-light: #c18b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.111,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54112,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5D17

secondary

#4A86C6

accent

#90F137

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0E9

border

#D2CBC5

text

#130C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5D17

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

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