#9E5E24#9E5E24

#9E5E24 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.110 H 58.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5E24
RGB	rgb(158, 94, 36)
HSL	hsl(29, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(29, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.5%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.18, 21.34, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.18, 47.64, 63.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% 0.0566 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.11 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4232, 15.4038, 3.6717)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5E24 #24649E

analogous

#9E2427 #9E5E24 #9E9B24

triadic

#9E5E24 #249E5E #5E249E

tetradic

#9E5E24 #279E24 #24649E #9B249E

square

#9E5E24 #279E24 #24649E #9B249E

split-complementary

#9E5E24 #249E9B #24279E

monochromatic

#3A230D #6C4019 #9E5E24 #D07C2F #DB9B61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#9E5E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#9E5E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5E24

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5E24	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)

#71651C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 94, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.110 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08c62',
    500: '#9e5e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5e24;
$custom-light: #c08c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.525,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54394,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5E24

secondary

#5E91C0

accent

#98E642

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C05

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5E24

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

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