#9E6232#9E6232

#9E6232 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.100 H 57.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6232
RGB	rgb(158, 98, 50)
HSL	hsl(27, 52%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(27, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 68.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 19.81, 36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 41.79, 61.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.29% 0.0543 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(55.29% 0.1 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0454, 16.2366, 5.1479)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6232 #326E9E

analogous

#9E3238 #9E6232 #9E9832

triadic

#9E6232 #329E62 #62329E

tetradic

#9E6232 #389E32 #326E9E #98329E

square

#9E6232 #389E32 #326E9E #98329E

split-complementary

#9E6232 #329E98 #32389E

monochromatic

#412815 #704523 #9E6232 #C58048 #D4A077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#9E6232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#9E6232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E6232

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E6232	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74682D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 98, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.100 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8f6c',
    500: '#9e6232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6232;
$custom-light: #bf8f6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55288,
    "c": 0.10026,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6232

secondary

#709ABC

accent

#9CDB4C

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6232

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

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