#9E6417#9E6417

#9E6417 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.113 H 67.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6417
RGB	rgb(158, 100, 23)
HSL	hsl(34, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(34, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 17.45, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 52.21, 70.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% 0.0435 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.113 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8139, 16.4472, 2.9942)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6417 #17519E

analogous

#9E2017 #9E6417 #949E17

triadic

#9E6417 #179E64 #64179E

tetradic

#9E6417 #179E20 #17519E #9E1794

square

#9E6417 #179E20 #17519E #9E1794

split-complementary

#9E6417 #17949E #20179E

monochromatic

#332007 #69420F #9E6417 #D3861F #E5A34B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#9E6417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#9E6417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E6417

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E6417	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 100, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.113 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0905c',
    500: '#9e6417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6417;
$custom-light: #c0905c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5543,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6417

secondary

#4A80C6

accent

#87F137

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6417

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

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