#9E601B#9E601B

#9E601B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.113 H 63.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E601B
RGB	rgb(158, 96, 27)
HSL	hsl(32, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(32, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 19.85, 46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 50.91, 67.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.051 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.113 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4828, 15.7159, 3.0968)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E601B #1B599E

analogous

#9E1F1B #9E601B #9B9E1B

triadic

#9E601B #1B9E60 #601B9E

tetradic

#9E601B #1B9E1F #1B599E #9E1B9B

square

#9E601B #1B9E1F #1B599E #9E1B9B

split-complementary

#9E601B #1B9B9E #1F1B9E

monochromatic

#352009 #6A4012 #9E601B #D28024 #E19E52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#9E601B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#9E601B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E601B

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E601B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E601B	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73660E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82741C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e601b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 96, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.113 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08d5e',
    500: '#9e601b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e601b;
$custom-light: #c08d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e601b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.603,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54696,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E601B

secondary

#5187C4

accent

#8FEE3A

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E601B

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

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