#9E5E22#9E5E22

#9E5E22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.111 H 59.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5E22
RGB	rgb(158, 94, 34)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(29, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.5%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, 21.25, 43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 48.41, 63.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% 0.0561 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.111 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3935, 15.3919, 3.5153)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5E22 #22629E

analogous

#9E2224 #9E5E22 #9E9C22

triadic

#9E5E22 #229E5E #5E229E

tetradic

#9E5E22 #249E22 #22629E #9C229E

square

#9E5E22 #249E22 #22629E #9C229E

split-complementary

#9E5E22 #229E9C #22249E

monochromatic

#39220C #6C4017 #9E5E22 #D07C2D #DC9B5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#9E5E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#9E5E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5E22

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5E22	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71641A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 94, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.111 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08c61',
    500: '#9e5e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5e22;
$custom-light: #c08c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.032,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54376,
    "c": 0.11058,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5E22

secondary

#5B90C1

accent

#97E840

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5E22

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

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