#9E5E1B#9E5E1B

#9E5E1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.114 H 61.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5E1B
RGB	rgb(158, 94, 27)
HSL	hsl(31, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(31, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.5%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 20.98, 46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 50.97, 65.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% 0.0543 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.114 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3027, 15.3556, 3.0367)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5E1B #1B5B9E

analogous

#9E1D1B #9E5E1B #9D9E1B

triadic

#9E5E1B #1B9E5E #5E1B9E

tetradic

#9E5E1B #1B9E1D #1B5B9E #9E1B9D

square

#9E5E1B #1B9E1D #1B5B9E #9E1B9D

split-complementary

#9E5E1B #1B9D9E #1D1B9E

monochromatic

#352009 #6A3F12 #9E5E1B #D27D24 #E19B52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#9E5E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#9E5E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5E1B

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5E1B	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72640F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 94, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.114 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18c5d',
    500: '#9e5e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5e1b;
$custom-light: #c18c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.687,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54323,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5E1B

secondary

#5189C4

accent

#92EE3A

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5E1B

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

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