#9E6217#9E6217

#9E6217 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.114 H 65.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6217
RGB	rgb(158, 98, 23)
HSL	hsl(33, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(33, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 18.59, 48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 52.21, 69.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% 0.0468 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.114 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6245, 16.0682, 2.9311)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6217 #17539E

analogous

#9E1E17 #9E6217 #979E17

triadic

#9E6217 #179E62 #62179E

tetradic

#9E6217 #179E1E #17539E #9E1797

square

#9E6217 #179E1E #17539E #9E1797

split-complementary

#9E6217 #17979E #1E179E

monochromatic

#332007 #69410F #9E6217 #D3831F #E5A04B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#9E6217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#9E6217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E6217

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E6217	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756706

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 98, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.114 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08e5c',
    500: '#9e6217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6217;
$custom-light: #c08e5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55048,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6217

secondary

#4A82C6

accent

#8AF137

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6217

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

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