#9E5E23#9E5E23

#9E5E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.110 H 59.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5E23
RGB	rgb(158, 94, 35)
HSL	hsl(29, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(29, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.5%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, 21.29, 43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 48.03, 63.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% 0.0563 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.11 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4082, 15.3978, 3.5924)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5E23 #23639E

analogous

#9E2326 #9E5E23 #9E9B23

triadic

#9E5E23 #239E5E #5E239E

tetradic

#9E5E23 #269E23 #23639E #9B239E

square

#9E5E23 #269E23 #23639E #9B239E

split-complementary

#9E5E23 #239E9B #23269E

monochromatic

#3A220D #6C4018 #9E5E23 #D07C2E #DC9B60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#9E5E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#9E5E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5E23

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5E23	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)

#71651B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 94, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.110 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08c62',
    500: '#9e5e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5e23;
$custom-light: #c08c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.78,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54385,
    "c": 0.11011,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5E23

secondary

#5C90C1

accent

#97E741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5E23

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

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