#9E6515#9E6515

#9E6515 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.114 H 68.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E6515
RGB	rgb(158, 101, 21)
HSL	hsl(35, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(35, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 16.82, 50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 52.84, 71.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.61% 0.0414 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(55.61% 0.114 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8912, 16.6325, 2.9248)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E6515 #154E9E

analogous

#9E2015 #9E6515 #939E15

triadic

#9E6515 #159E65 #65159E

tetradic

#9E6515 #159E20 #154E9E #9E1593

square

#9E6515 #159E20 #154E9E #9E1593

split-complementary

#9E6515 #15939E #20159E

monochromatic

#322007 #68420E #9E6515 #D4881C #E7A447

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#9E6515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#9E6515 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E6515

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E6515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E6515	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786901

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e6515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 101, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.114 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0915b',
    500: '#9e6515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e6515;
$custom-light: #c0915b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e6515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.036,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55611,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E6515

secondary

#477DC7

accent

#84F335

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F8F0E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E6515

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

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